NCS, Tin Can Island Targets N540bn Revenue for 2020
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin Can Island Command has set a target of N540 billion revenue for the federal government this year.
Even though it is yet to get its official target from the Customs Headquarters in Abuja, the command said it plans to collect not less than N47.4 billion on monthly basis as revenue in the new year.
Spokesman of the command, Mr. Uche Ejesieme, described the Customs Area Controllers in charge of Tin Can Command, Compt. Musa Baba Abdullahi as a proactive officer who has envisaged the expectations and has started sensitising the stakeholders on how to realise the target.
Already, he said Abdullahi in the last couple of weeks has held meetings with different groups and stakeholders operating at Tin Can Port, seeking their corporation for the year 2020, while appreciating their supports to the command in 2019.
Ejesieme, said through support of stakeholders, the command was able to surpass its 2019 revenue target by N4 billion.
“We had a target of N342 billion in 2019 and we were able to make N346 billion with an excess of N4billion. Using the same projection, we are envisaging that the command, out of the N2 trillion target government has given us, Tin Can Command is envisaging getting N540 billion for the year 2020. This translates to N47.4 billion every month.
“It is actually not going to be very easy, but with the strategies that the Controller has put in place. This is the essence of the conversations, consultations and all the meetings he has been holding. He met with officers in middle cadre, OC terminals, members and leadership of the various associations, key security agents and so on.”
He added: “In all of these meetings, he highlighted some of the achievements we made last year, thanking them for their support and collaboration and also preparing their minds for the challenges ahead, because we believe that Customs alone cannot achieve this, that is why the Comptroller is seeking the support of all and sundry so that the anticipated target of the command is achieved.”