The Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service
generated the sum of N1.132 billion in the 2023 fiscal year despite the
challenges of banditry and border closure with the neighboring Niger Republic.
The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Umar,
disclosed this on Friday, 19 January 2024, while decorating 30 newly promoted
Command Officers at the Command's Headquarters in Katsina, the Katsina State
Capital.
Comptroller Umar said that the N1,132,831,484.75 revenue
generated within the period under review was a shortfall from the 2023 revenue
target of N1,304,548,912.93 given to the Command. “This figure represents about
87.8 percent of the revenue target issued. It, however, indicates an
improvement in revenue by N299,110,632.35 from N832,946,852.40 revenue
generated in the preceding year 2022, despite the border closure."
CAC stated that the Command ensured compliance with the
border closure directive by strictly adhering to and enforcing the principles
guiding the border closure. The command during the period under review,
intercepted 369 contrabands, including used vehicles, tyres, second-hand
clothing, vegetable oil, and foreign parboiled rice, among others, with Duty
Paid Value (DPV) of N553,339,240.00 in its ongoing anti-smuggling operations.
He added that the Command under his watch had made
significant progress in fostering synergy with other security agencies in the
state for intelligence gathering and improved operations within and outside the
border corridors.
He noted that the Command has a cordial working relationship
with the State Government, traditional institutions, religious leaders, border
communities, and other stakeholders in the trade supply chain and would
continue to facilitate trade without compromising economic and national
security.
"We could not have achieved this feat without the
support of the Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adeniyi MFR, his
Management Team, Officers and Men of the Command, and other Units of the
Service," he reiterated.
Also, in the Press Release signed by the Command's Public
Relations Officer, Superintendent of Customs Tahir Balarabe on 19th January,
2024, the thirty (30) Officers decorated in the recently released promotion
include One (1) Comptroller of Customs, Three (3) Chief Superintendents of
Customs, Three (3) Superintendents of Customs, Nine (9) Deputy Superintendents
of Customs, Ten (10) Assistant Superintendents of Customs l, and Four (4)
Assistant Superintendents of Customs ll.
Comptroller Umar charged the promoted Officers to rededicate
themselves to work and deliver the Service’s constitutional mandate of revenue
generation, legitimate trade facilitation, and suppression of smuggling.
“You must ensure you behave as responsible Officers wherever you find yourselves by giving your uniform the respect it deserves because so many wish to be where you are today,” Comptroller Umar said.
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