The Comptroller in charge of the Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adamu Abdulkadir, has said that the command, between January and October 2021, generated the sum of N50,980.1 billion as revenue, signifying a 14.4 per cent increase. Speaking at a press briefing held at the Command headquarters in Ibadan on Thursday, Abdulkadir also disclosed the seizure of 500 bags of foreign parboiled rice in a residential building in Osun State. The Comptroller also spoke on seizures made within the same period, with a cumulative Duty Paid Value (DPV) ofN617,051,012 million. He promised that officers of the area command would not relent on their efforts in combating the menace of smuggling. “You should be informed that Section 158 of the CEMA, gives Customs officers the power to patrol freely across the nation,” the Comptroller stated.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 21, 2021 00:02 UTC