By Olufemi Oni, Ilorin

The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has generated the sum of N6.2 billion in the second quarter of year 2023.

This amount represents 9.14 percent of the revenue increment compared to the preceding year 2022.

The Comptroller of Customs in charge of Kwara Command, Kehinde Ilesanmi, disclosed this on Friday in Ilorin, the state capital
while briefing newsmen on the activities of the Command in the second quarter of 2023.

“The Command has at the end of the second quarter 2023, generated the sum of N 6, 246, 485,827.97. This amount represents 9.1 percent of the revenue increment compared to preceding year 2022,” Ilesanmi said.

He added that the Command under his watch, between January and June this year, has collected and remitted the sum of N9, 813,483,412.09 to the federation account.

“This amount is above what was collected from January to June, 2022 with the sum of N5,762,552,633.87,” he stated.

Ilesanmi stated that the results of the Command’s anti-smuggling activities coupled with its renewed drive in utilisation of cutting edge strategies had led to 56 seizures of different items with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N48,822,400.00.

He listed items seized during the period under review to include
nine units of used vehicles of different types, 813 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 24,950 litres of petroleum product in 998 Jerry cans and 14 kegs of vegetable oil of 25 litres.

“The seizures were successfully accomplished as a result of the renewed determination of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi to rid the country of all forms of illegal importation.

“These positive harvests in the areas of anti-smuggling and revenue generation are a clear testimony of what can be achieved under a brand new leadership of the Service.

“I want to call on Nigerians, the media in particular, to support the Command by providing credible information that will help nip smuggling in the bud,” Ilesanmi added.

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