The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, has collected the sum of N1.378trillion revenue in the past six months.
The Controller of the Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, disclosed this at a press conference in Lagos.
The Controller said that the past six months have been eventful and engaging for the Command in terms of revenue collection, trade facilitation, and anti-smuggling.
He added that during the past six months, the Command has also improved on its stakeholder engagement and the deployment of ICT.
According to him, so much achievements have been recorded in the areas of port user compliance and uncompromising disposition of officers and men in line with the mandate of the CGC, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.
He told newsmen, “the command achieved a total collection of One trillion, three hundred and seventy-eight billion, fifty-nine million, nineteen thousand, two hundred and forty-five naira, twenty kobo (#1,378,059,019,245.20k) only which represents 35% increase above One trillion, twenty-three billion, six hundred and sixty-three million, eight hundred and forty-two thousand, two hundred and fifty-five naira, sixty-three kobo (N1,023,663,842,255.63) that we collected the same period of 2024, marking #354 billion increase in collection within the period under review.
“Our revenue collection trajectory points to the possibility of achieving or surpassing our annual target by the end of 2025.I have urged my officers and men to brace up and redouble their efforts to make surpassing target a reality.”
He said that the deployment of B’Odogw has been vital, adding, “you may be aware, the Unified Customs Management System (UCMS) also known as B’Odogwu has gone live in the Apapa Command with laudable milestones.”
Olomu disclosed that the Command has been able to achieve the issuance of the first Single Goods Declaration on the 9th of May 2025, with the use of B’Odogwu platform.
“We are addressing challenges such as poor network connectivity, delays, and congestion associated with the former system,” he said.
On the issue of anti-smuggling activities, the Controller said that nine containers made up of unregistered pharmaceuticals, used clothing, expired margarine, wild animals’ skin and codeine syrup have been seized by the command a couple of days ago.
He added that these form part of the twenty-seven containers seized between January-June 2025, with a duty paid value of (DPV) of N9,267,443,966.00.
He explained that the the seizures were inclusive of 10 containers of unregistered pharmaceuticals, 2 containers of codeine syrup, 2 containers of stolen vehicles and 4 containers of second-hand clothing.
He said, “As a fallout from our uncompromising anti-smuggling operations, we have sealed 3 bonded terminals under the command for various infractions. One of the terminals has been charged to court for prosecution while an investigation is still ongoing on the remaining two terminals.”
