Rakes in ₦2,911,374,014.00 in ten days

The Customs Area Controller, CAC, of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Command, Dr. Jayne Shoboiki has reiterated her resolve and commitment to ensure that maximum revenue is collected on all imports and exports at her Command.

To this end the CAC, officers and men of the Command, after due deliberations and strategic repositioning started the year with high hopes and expectations.

Already, their efforts seems to yielding as figures obtained from the Public Relations Officer of the Command,  Ephraim Haruna indicate that brighter days are ahead as Revenue and Anti-Smuggling effort have produced results in the first two weeks of January 2019.

Revenue

The Command started the year 2019 with an unprecedented revenue collection of ₦2,911,374,014.00 within the first ten (10) days of the month of January 2019.

In 2018, the Command generated over 50 Billion Naira; this figure surpassed that of 2017 with Two Billion, Fifty Seven Million, One Hundred and Forty Four Thousand, Seven Hundred and Eighty Nine Naira and Fifty Kobo (₦2,057,144,789.50).

Anti-Smuggling Activities  

In 2018, the Command recorded significant number of detentions and Seizures from import and export of prohibited Items with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of One Billion, Sixty Eight Million, Forty Three thousand, One Hundred and Sixty One Naira (1,068,043,161).

The Command has made Seizures of military hardware without End User Certificates (EUC) imported into the Country, and prohibited Items to be exported out of the country.

The Military Hardware impounded include:  Ten (10) sets of Military camouflage Uniforms, Sixty three (63) Cartons of Bullet Proof Jackets,  Thirty (30) Cartons of Military Helmet, Twenty four (24) Pieces of Military Face Caps and Ten (10) Sets Military vest of different Camouflage colors.

Also impounded are One (1) Air Gun imported with 2 different End User Certificates, Twenty (20) Pieces of assorted OPTICAL SIGHTS wrapped in Military camouflage uniform bags, mainly for rifles and Grenade launchers, Five (5) cartons of Military knee/shin guards, One Hundred and Thirty Eight (138) Cartons Containing Handcuffs, One Hundred and Thirty Three (133) packages Containing Police Official Cardigans, Seven Hundred and Ten (710) pieces of Military Headgears.

The Command revealed that Cartons of Drones are intercepted almost on daily basis as  One Hundred and Eight (108) Cartons of expired (2009) Beef imported into the Country from South Africa have also been intercepted by eagle eyed officers of the Command.

With Professional candour and high alert level of officers of the Command, Fifty One (51) sacks of Pangolin Scales  and Eight (8) bags of sixty four (64) Packs containing Elephants Tusks were intercepted and handed over to the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA.

Other item impounded within the first two week of January 2019 are One Hundred and Ninety One (191) Cartons of Tramadol Tablets without NAFDAC Registration Number which were to be exported out of the Country and Ninety Nine (99) sacks of unprocessed Donkey’s Skin. These have been handed over to officials of NAFDAC and Quarantine for further investigation and processing.

This year, the command has intercepted and detained two (2) packages of Military camouflage Uniforms imported without End User Certificates (EUC).

Other military item impounded include 43 pieces Desert Camouflage combat shorts, 13 pieces of Complete set jackets, 20 pieces of complete set of camouflage combats uniforms.

Other items such as Camouflage polo shirts 38 pcs,  Camouflage inner vest 71 pcs, Camouflage peak caps 150 pcs, Fifty Nine (59) cartons of Tramadol Tablets have been intercepted and detained by the Command as well as Fifty One (51) cartons of Drones which were also intercepted and detained until the production of End User Certificates (EUC), by the importer.

Stakeholders at the Command who were initially hostile and unwilling to cooperate with the CAC and her officers have also seen reasons to collaborate and work together with Customs in the interest of the country and citizens.

Expectations are therefore high that the MM Command will deliver in its Revenue drive, trade facilitation and Anti-Smuggling operations.