Nigeria Customs Service Boasts Of Realising Over Two Hundred Million Naira From Auction Sales
Written by News Desk on January 29, 2025
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says it has realized over two hundred and seventy five million naira from the baggage assessments, proceeds from auction sales of Premium Motor Spirit PMS, and vehicles.
Nigeria Customs Service
The Customs Area Controller ,Ogun 1, Area Command, Mr Mohammed Shuaibu stated this at the Idiroko Customs House while reeling out the achievements of the command in the last 13 months.
Mr Shuaibu noted that the command recorded seizures of many items with the total Duty Paid Value, DPV, above one point two billion naira in 2024, adding that the intercepted parcels of cannabis sativa were handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Idiroko Special Command.
The Customs Area Controller said the seized contrabands included more than 18,000 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 940 rounds of live ammunition as well as 71 sacks with over 3000 parcels of cannabis sativa, 586 bales of used clothing plus 85 bags of imported flour.
He also announced that the command intercepted over 6000 pieces of cutlasses, and 6,375 litres of PMS, with duty paid value amounting to over 77 million naira.
He attributed the feat recorded to the resilience, professionalism, and dedication to duty by officers and men of the Command, urging the people to provide timely and credible information to assist the Command in its efforts to protect the economy and safeguard society, promising that the command was committed to the mandate of revenue generation, trade facilitation, and combating snuggling.
