The Port Terminal Multiservices Ltd. (PTML) Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded N66.9 billion revenue in the first quarter of the year.
The Customs Area Controller (CAC), PTML Command, Comptroller, Saidu Yusuf, said this at a news conference in Lagos on Monday.
He said that the figure, which was N22.
19 billion higher than the N44.
72 billion recorded same period in 2023, represented 49.6 per cent increase.
Yusuf described the increase in the revenue collection as a laudable feat.
According to him, the command is committed towards trade facilitation and supports the government’s drive on ease of doing business.
He reiterated that PTML command, under his watch, aimed to surpass its record of three hour cargo clearance for compliant traders.
He advised importer and their agents to take advantage of the incentives available for compliant traders such as fast track, advance ruling and possible migration to the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status.
Yusuf commended the various government and private sector stakeholders for their cooperation and support toward the realisation of the overnment goal of revenue collection and prevention of unlawful activities.
He described the importation of vehicles meant for Nigerian roads into nneighbouringcountries with the ntent to smuggle them through unapproved roads into Nigeria as unpatriotic and act of economic sabotage.
The PTLM customs boss said that the command had the capacity for seamless and efficient processing of such automobile cargoes.
The CAC enjoined officers of the command to maximally deploy available technology and rededicate themselves to the job to achieve more revenue for the second quoter.
Yusuf said that any discovered infraction would lead to full evoking of the Nigeria Customs Service Act (NCSA), where there were spelt out penalties. (NAN)
