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Customs generate N8.48bn in 2013 at Seme border

By on January 23, 2014

The Area Comptroller, Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr Willy Egbudin, on Wednesday said the command generated N8.48bn between January and December, 2013.

Egbudin told a news conference at the Seme border town, near Badagry, that the figure was, however, N4.5bn lower than the N13bn target set for 2013.

He said, “The total revenue collected in 2013 was N8,482,231,289.81 billion, which represents about 65 per cent of the annual target.

“We will definitely improve on our revenue target this year because we have been brainstorming to identify and block all perceived sources of revenue leakage.

“We are also discussing with our Beninoise counterparts to address the problem of appropriate transit of imported vehicles from Republic of Benin to Nigeria.”

He said the command made 1,102 seizures with Duty Paid Value of N548.3m during the period, adding that the figure was an improvement on the seizures made in 2012.

“In 2012, 480 seizures were made with a Duty Paid Value of N227,035,726.00. This figure shows that there is a significant improvement and we shall do more this year, “he said.

The Comptroller added that 29 suspects arrested within the period were at various stages of investigation and prosecution.

He said goods seized included vehicles, textiles, rice, vegetable oil, second hand clothes, shoes, bags and artefacts.

 

 

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