Saidu swells federation account with N69bn, Jan-Aug '20 Proceeds to hqtrs as Customs ICT boss

 Saidu swells federation account with N69bn, Jan-Aug '20

Proceeds to hqtrs as Customs  ICT boss 
By Eguono Odjegba 
 
Immediate past Customs Area Controller , CAC, of Port Harcourt Area 11, Onne Command, acting Assistant Comptroller General, Aliyu Galadima Saidu said the command generated over N69billion January to August 2020.
Above figure is over and above the revenue figure for January to June 2019, which stands at N54.1billion.

The out gone customs chief said the command also made a total of 31 seizures including twenty seven containers with a total Duty Paid Value, DPV,  of eight hundred and twenty five million, seven hundred and thirty five thousand, two hundred and ninety six naira and eighty eight kobo, N825,435,096.88.
ln export,  Saidu said the command within the period under review,  achieved a total of 2, 402, 776 metric tons, MT of export activities with Free On-Board, FOB, value of one hundred and twenty eight million, seven hundred and eleven thousand,  three hundred and eighty dollar,  twenty seven cents,  $128,711,308.27.
Saidu who was lasted week elevated to the rank of Assistant Comptroller General in acting capacity,  proceeded to customs headquarters after handing over to the new CAC,  Comptroller Auwal Mohammed,  yesterday. 
Speaking during the handover, Saidu said, 
"Under my wach,  this command has always strived to improve on revenue generating for the federal government.  Our achievements are hinged on the volume of trade,  blocking revenue leakages, level of port users compliance and other factors. 
"Officers and men of the command have resiliently keyed into the stipulated mandate of achieving speedy clearance of cargo while enthusiastically carrying out 100% physical examination which provided the needed impulsion of creating an enabling environment to thrive in smooth attainment of trade facilitation.
"Together with my team of dedicated officers and men  we have projected this command as a hub for compliance and most friendly trade facilitating port with a remarkable profile. 
"The command generated and collected a total of sixty-nine billion, four hundred and forty-nine million,  eight hundred and ninety-six thousand, seven hundred and nine naira, seventy nine kobo,  N69,449,896,709.79, between January and August 2020.
"The command within the period under review,  achieved a total of 2, 402, 776 metric tons, MT of export activities with Free On-Board, FOB, value of one hundred and twenty eight million, seven hundred and eleven thousand,  three hundred and eighty dollar,  twenty seven cents,  $128,711,308.27.
"While we did everything lawful to encourage compliant port users within our area, the command's enforcement was hard on smugglers and non compliant traders. 
"Consequently, within the period under review,  the command recorded thirty one,  31, seizures involving twenty seven containers with a total Duty Paid Value, DPV,  of eight hundred and twenty five million, seven hundred and thirty five thousand, two hundred and ninety six naira and eighty eight kobo, N825,435,096.88.
Saidu gave the break down to include 805x50kg bags of foreign rice,  5,615 x25litres kegs of vegetable oil, 3,184 bales of secobd hand clothing, 1,060 pieces of used tyres,  69 logs of unprocessed wood and 641 bags of used white cement. 
The others include 4 units of Toyota Hiace buses, 4 units of 10-tyre trucks, 76 pieces of doors, 1,692 cartons of foreign soaps and  detergents, and 5300 rolls of royal carpets. 
The outgoing Onne customs boss said under his watch,  the command built a robust customs community relations with host communities and encouraged his successor to sustain the tempo."
The new CAC, Auwal Mohammed said he will strive to build on the achievements  of his predecessor though."


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