The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has set a new revenue record, collecting ₦303 billion in October 2025 — the highest monthly figure ever achieved by any Customs command in the history of the Service.
The landmark achievement surpasses the ₦264 billion collected in October 2024, bringing the Command’s total revenue for the first ten months of 2025 to ₦2.4 trillion. This means the Apapa Command has already exceeded its entire 2024 revenue figure, with two months still remaining in the year.
Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba, attributed the feat to the dedication of officers and stakeholders, describing it as “the beginning of greater revenue exploits” under his leadership.
According to Comptroller Oshoba, the record performance demonstrates the Command’s readiness to handle increased trade volumes, which will in turn boost government revenue.
He revealed that officers have been sensitised for the introduction of a new drive-through scanning regime, capable of processing an average of 150 containers per hour directly from the quayside — a development he described as “revolutionary” for trade facilitation in West Africa.
Following recent in-house training for newly promoted Deputy and Assistant Comptrollers, Oshoba said the team was now fully prepared to deliver on the directives of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.
“I commend my officers and our compliant stakeholders for this revenue milestone, but this is not our final destination,” Oshoba stated. “We are deploying every tool of trade facilitation as directed by the CGC — including the One-Stop-Shop (OSS), which harmonises all customs procedures to save time and improve efficiency — while also preventing revenue leakages.”
He emphasised the Command’s “zero-compromise” policy on the use of demand notices to recover revenue shortfalls and warned that officers remain vigilant against attempts to manipulate the Harmonised System (HS) Code to evade duties.
Reiterating his commitment to seamless trade, Comptroller Oshoba said he had paid unannounced visits to port access roads to engage truckers, freight forwarders and licensed customs agents, urging them to cooperate with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in ensuring the prompt evacuation of cleared consignments.
He also held talks with the Port Manager to strengthen collaboration and improve efficiency at the Apapa Port. “If cleared consignments fail to exit, new ones for examination or scanning will be delayed — and that directly affects both trade facilitation and revenue collection,” he explained.
Oshoba called on all stakeholders to sustain their cooperation with the Command, stressing that collective effort was key to maintaining and surpassing current achievements.
“We need the support of everyone to consolidate and build on what we have achieved. We are ready to do even better,” he said.