The Port Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service collected a total of N152 billion between January and June 2024.
The amount is N50.6 billion or 49.7% higher than the N101.9 billion collected during the same period of 2023.
Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Tenny Daniyan, who expressed confidence that the command will generate more revenue in the second half of the year, also charged officers to sustain their effort.
He urged examination and releasing officers to always apply diligence, responsibility and higher level of security consciousness in the course of handling any import or export cargo passing through the command.
“I want to urge all customs officers in PTML to always insist on cargo examination like we have always done. You are hereby placed on red alert to keep doing the right thing as importers of arms, ammunition and illicit drugs have shown more desperation in recent times.
“Let us continue to make PTML a no-go area for perpetrators of such illegalities and be ready to make seizures of such items including effecting arrests of persons suspected to be involved with such activities.
“I strongly believe we will do more with revenue collection and trade facilitation in the second half of 2024 as we continually improve on our level of service delivery and diligent implementation of all government directives.
“We are not going to sacrifice national security on the altar of trade facilitation. Both will run side by side. None will suffer for the other,” Daniyan said.