Onne 2 Customs says it’s revenue in 49 days in 2024 exceeds 2023 six months record

…Receives CGC’s thumps up, revives sporting activities

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

The Nigeria Customs Service, Servic(NCS), Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers State said its February revenue collection is the highest revenue generated in the history of the command, that its total revenue of N124,652,728,187.50, generated in 49 working days in 2024 has exceeded six month revenue collected between January to June 2023.

The Customs Area Controller Comptroller Baba Imam said the revenue generated this year has broken four records in the Command, that an overwhelming daily revenue collection of ₦22,184,899,508.00 in a single day was recorded as against over two billion naira daily recorded in the past.

In a release made available by CSC Loma Benjamin, Public Relation Officer Area 2 Command, one, revealed further that an unprecedented monthly revenue of ₦50,863,053,945.54 was equally recorded in the month of February 2024 as against ₦40,290,755,560.96 ever generated in previous months and years.

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“A total of ₦124,652,728,187.50 was generated in 49 working days in 2024, that is January, February and Five working days of March which has beaten the total figure of ₦118,170,072,415.56 earned from January to June (six months) in the year 2023.
“Revenue generated this year has broken four records in the Command. In February alone, firstly, it is the highest revenue generated in the history of Area 2 Command so far and the highest revenue generated in a single month. Secondly the figure of February surpasses the monthly revenue target given to the Command. Thirdly, the daily collection made on the 7th of March is the highest revenue generated in a single day. Lastly the total revenue of forty nine (49) working days in 2024 together, is above six month revenue collected between January to June 2023.

“The Command surpassed it daily target of ₦1,895,862,709.46 by over 1000% which is the first in the history of daily collections in the Command.

“The revenue milestone of February 2024 represents 23.3% increase above the Command’s monthly revenue target of ₦41,235,013,930.84 When compared to the same period in February 2023 where the command generated ₦17,980,127,317.06 this figure represents an increase of 183%.

“This figure represents the highest revenue to be collected in the history of Area 2 Command as it surpasses the revenue collected in January 2024 of ₦40,290,755,560.96 and, October 2023 of ₦38,039,764,327.49,” he said.

Speaking further the Area Controller said, this feat was achieved via constant Stakeholder engagement, zero tolerance to revenue leakages, synergy, intelligence sharing, assures the command welcomes business men and women who are ready to abide by the laid down rules of importation and exportation.
He went on, “The Command is optimistic and deploying various strategies to ensure that this trend continues in order to also surpass not only the monthly target, but equally surpass the target for the year 2024 of ₦494,820,167,170.07.
“It is worthy to mention that the Command before now has been having weekly sporting activities and in February this year it came to the notice of the Management of Customs and in particular the Comptroller General of Customs.

“Hence in addition to the performance in the area of revenue generation/collection the Command received a Commendation letter to attest to our sporting activities and aligning to the CGC’s work-life balance initiative. The Area Controller advised Commands yet to come on broad to follow suit for the betterment of every individual working in those area Commands so that officers can be fit, physically and mentally balance to discharge their assigned responsibilities effectively.”