Seme Customs Generates N994.8m In October

Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) has generated a total sum of N994, 813,647.06 for the month ended October 2016. The Command also made 68 seizures with a Duty Paid Value of N35, 302,957.90 in the same period, the Command said in a statement.

The October revenue exceeds the amount that was generated in the corresponding period last year with over N60, 884,291.76.

Area Controller of Seme Border, Victor Dimka said the development is a testimonial his team’s determination to succeed all the time and aMoreover, Dimka promised that the Command will not rest on its oars in generating the needed funds using the right machineries.

“Our determination to succeed all the time and at all cost is paying off,” Dimka said, pointing out that there is room for improvement to surpass the amount generated.

He who disclosed that the Command must dare to be different and remain in total compliance as a change agent, also said the Command must be ready to face criticisms and public condemnation among many unpatriotic Nigerians. He boasted that “no amount of criticism, campaign of calumny and unprofessional publications of baseless and unverified news on the pages of newspapers against Seme Customs will stop the Command from working strictly in compliance with the mandate of the Comptroller General of Customs.”

Dimka also said he will continue to spur his officers and men to put in their modest contributions to actualize the NCS’s  mandate.

The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Taupyen Selchag who signed the statement and made it available to LEADERSHIP highlighted some of the  challenges still hampering smooth collection of revenue in the month of October as:-malfunctioning of the Electrical Control Cabinet and the Electricity Generating Plant of the Scanning Machine (which lasted for  5 days), the new policy introduced by the Republic of Benin on movement of goods from the ports to their Bonded Terminals before been transferred to the park, the prevailing high exchange rate (CFA) among others.t all cost is paying off.