Customs aims to surpass N887bn FG’s revenue for 2019
THE Federal Government has set a revenue target of N877 billion for the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS for this year, even as the management assured that it would strive to surpass the target at the end of the year. Customs CG, Hameed Ali Comptroller-General of the NCS, Hameed Ali, who disclosed at the 2019 International Customs Day, ICD with the theme “Smart Border for Seamless Trade, Travel and Transport,” said that the management has set a far higher in-house target for itself. The Customs helmsman said management would no longer tolerate the incessant killing of its officers by smugglers, vowing that appropriate force would henceforth be applied in its anti-smuggling operations He said the Service intends to swell its revenue generation by acquiring non-intrusive equipment to boost trade facilitation, while ensuring that stakeholders comply with trade rules. He said the Service intends to swell its revenue collection by acquiring non-intrusive equipment to boost trad...