The Port Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it collected the sum of N257 billion as revenue in 2023.
The command’s Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Saidu Abba Yusuf, said the 2023 revenue was 12% higher than the N230 billion collected the previous year.
The command also said it processed 160,000 metric tons of export worth N50 billion while it seized goods with duty paid value of N159 million during the period under review. It said five suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures and have been granted administrative bail.
“We have effectively functioned as the lead agency towards ease of doing business in the port. This has greatly contributed to the efficiency in service delivery. Regular meetings were held with our critical stakeholders where issues affecting various segment of the supply chain were well discussed and solutions proffered.
“Furthermore, the forum served as a platform through which compliances was being preached and feedback received. Through these engagements, we shared ideas and pursued government objectives without compromising our respective mandates as enshrined in our enabling laws. We met to share intelligence, prevent and detect crimes in the national interest and on our part as NCS we prevented revenue loss,” Yusuf said.