Ifeanyi Onuba, AbujaThe Nigeria Customs Service on Monday expressed confidence that it would this year surpass it’s over N1tn revenue performance which it achieved in the 2017 fiscal year. The Public Relations Officer, NCS, Mr Joseph Attah, who said this in Abuja, called for support from all stakeholders towards achieving the target. Attah said that the Service generated a total sum of N1.37tn at the end of 2017. According to him, the re-invigorated anti-smuggling operations in 2017 raked in a total of 4,492 assorted seizures with a Duty Paid Value of N 12.78bn. “How do we (Customs) blame an individual or an organisation when many are commending the Service a job well done in terms of revenue collection and suppression of smuggling?

Source: Punch January 08, 2018 15:22 UTC