Customs Area Controller, Apapa Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, who disclosed in a statement on Monday in Lagos, said that the figure was higher than ₦1.17 trillion collected as total revenue in the year 2023.
Olomu described the feat as a fallout of diligence and integrity, adding that the command would continually engage with stakeholders to improve revenue collection and reduce smuggling.
He identified the ₦201.8 billion collected in July and ₦193.9 billion in September as spectacular figures capable of being replicated again in the last quarter of 2024.
He said that various trade facilitation programmes put in place by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, were dutifully implemented.
Olomu listed some of the programme’s as advance ruling, time release study, and Authorised Economic Operator (AEO).
He commended the command’s effort for the achievement in increased revenue collection relying on diligent examination and uncompromising interventions through the issuance of demand notices, where and when necessary.
The Area Controller reiterated the CGC’s zero tolerance for smuggling and warned those involved in illegal businesses to desist forthwith.
The Apapa customs official said that his command would continually engage with all stakeholders to sustain the rising level of compliance, which had resulted in reducing smuggling in the area.
