The Tin Can Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, under the able watch of Computer Frank Onyeka, has recorded a revenue increase of N347.9 Billion for the first quarter of 2025 fiscal year covering January-March. This represents a 12.6per cent growth rate when compared to the N304billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2024.
Addressing journalists at the Command in Lagos, the Customs Area Comptroller of the Command, Mr. Frank Okechukwu Onyeka, disclosed that the impressive revenue performance was attributable to the various reforms put in place by the management of the Service, the diligence of the officers at the Command, as well as the cooperation of some stakeholders, who are honest in the declaration of their consignments.
Available details of the revenue figures show that the Command recorded a total of N116.42billion in January, which represents a 24.06per cent growth over the ₦88.43billion collected in the corresponding period of 2024.
In the same vein, the Command collected a total of N103.3billion for February 2025, representing a growth of 2.90per cent compared to the sum of ₦100 Billion generated in the corresponding period of February 2024, while it collected the sum of ₦128.3 Billion for the month of March, 2025 representing a growth rate of 10.3 percent over the ₦115.1 Billion generated in the corresponding period of 2024.
CAC Onyeka, who lauded stakeholders for their support, enjoined them to do more in terms of honest declaration of their consignments to enhance seamless trade documentation and revenue collection, pointing out that the Service is doing everything to improve the operational environment, which would be to the benefit of all and sundry stakeholders.
The CAC in the meantime, commended the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and the entire management team of the Nigeria Customs Service, for their support, adding that without which, the superlative revenue generation performance would have been unrealistic.
