A total of 34,485 seizures were made with duty paid value of N41.322 billion, between 2009 and 2014, the Nigerian Customs Service has revealed.
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has said between 2009 and 2014, a total of 34,485 seizures were made with duty paid value of N41.322 billion.
A Deputy Comptroller-General of the NCS Tahir Musa, who disclosed this on Tuesday, June 16, during a meeting between the NCS and textile value chain stakeholders at the NCS Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja, said the figure excludes recent seizures from Kano and the ones that were made over the weekend.
Presenting a paper titled, ‘Customs Anti-Smuggling Strategy: Issues and Challenges,’ Musa said the Federal Government is now paying attention to the revenue generated by the NCS following the global fall in government revenue as a result of the more than 50 per cent drop in oil prices.
He said the Customs is next to the oil and gas sector in terms of revenue generation in Nigeria.