NEWLY CREATED KWARA COMMAND GENERATES N1.27 BILLION, SEIZED
GOOD WORTH N 25.4 MILLION IN THREE (3) MONTHS…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara Area Command under
the leadership of Comptroller Ahmed Hussaini Bello fsi has
taken a giant stride by generating a whooping sum of One
Billion, Two Hundred and Seventy Million, Nine Hundred
and Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty Naira Seventy
Two Kobo (N 1, 270, 907,860.72) into federation account.
It will be recalled that the management of Nigeria Customs
Service led by Col. Ibrahim Hameed Ali (rtd) recently
unbundled and created additional Eight (8) Commands to
enhance Administrative Convenience, boost Revenue
Generation for the Service and effective Coverage of our land
borders.
Given the recent autonomy attained, Compt. Ahmed fsi was
posted as the pioneer Controller of the Command with a
mandate to carry out the 3Rs transformation agenda of
Comptroller General of Customs “Reform, Restructure and
Revenue Generation”
Three (3) months into the assumption of duty, Compt. Ahmed
has started on the right foot by keying into the 3Rs of
Controller General of Customs whose aim is to “BOOST
REVENUE GENERATION, RESTRUCTURE AND
REFORMATION”
In August 2019, the Command generated Nine Hundred and
Eighty Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty Two Naira (N 980,
652.00) while in September, the Command collected Six
Hundred and Ninety Seven Million, Eight Hundred and Ten
Thousand, Three Hundred and Eighty Nine Naira Fifty Kobo
(N 697, 810,389.50) which shows that what was generated in
the month of September tripled the Revenue generated in the
month of August.
In October, the Command generated Five Hundred and
Seventy Two Million, One Hundred and Sixteen thousand,
Eight Hundred and Nineteen Naira twenty two Kobo (N
572,116,819.22)
This great feat was achieved due to strategic policies and
plans put in place by the Command to bring all the excise
factories within the Command under effective control by
forcing them to comply with the extant laws. The Command has been able to make changes, by making sure that its driving
wheel is strictly adhered to, which led to the increased level
of compliance by Stakeholders, as the Controller is determine
to make Kwara Area Command a new haven for legitimate
trade facilitation.
In our desirous efforts to key into the Federal Government’s
Policy on Agricultural Development in the area of boosting
local rice production, the Command has made our territories
unfavorable for rice smugglers and other prohibited items.
The Controller urged all Nigerians to embrace Federal
government fiscal policy on production of Agricultural
produce with particular reference to Rice production for both
home consumption and export for self reliance.
The Customs area Controller would also like to use this
opportunity to reiterate that the Command’s resolved to rid the
Kwara Command off all prohibited goods. The Command is
already complimenting the efforts of operation Ex Swift
Response Team, Code named “Border Drill”. This led to
Seizures of foreign Rice, Petroleum Products and large
quantity of Mosquito Coils with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of
Twenty Five Million, Four Hundred and Three Thousand, Five Hundred Naira (N 25,403,500)
The seizures were made around Okuta, Ogundele Ilorin
express road, Jabba-Mokwa express road, Maigida-Arogaji
Road Ilorin and Chikanda axis of Kwara State respectively.
Compt. Ahmed want to make this clear to economic
saboteurs that, the banned on importation of rice, used
vehicles through the land borders, Vegetable Oil, Secondhand
Clothing, Used Tyres, and other dangerous Drugs such as
Tramadol is still in place and the Kwara Command is
committed to enforcing this to the later.
We remain grateful to the current Management under the
dynamic leadership of the Comptroller General of Customs,
Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) for equipping us with Brand
New Patrol Vehicles, other resources and Logistics needed to
make our operations more effective and efficient.
CHADO ZAKARI
Public Relations Officer,
For:-Customs Area Controller,
Kwara Area Command
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