CUSTOMS :Tin Can Island Port Command Rakes In N347B In First Quarter Of 2025
By Roland Ekama
Determined to surpass revenue target , Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, has collected a whooping N347 billion in the first quarter of 2025.
Customs Area Controller , Tin Can Island Port Command Comptroller Frank Onyeka, having hit the ground running has been in the forefront of employing the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi’s policy of consolidation, collaboration and innovation in carrying out his functions and these have rightly aided his performances at the Command.
The Customs boss who announced this figure in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday disclosed that the January, 2025 revenue generation record shows a total of ₦116, 412,735,766.23 which represents 24.06% over and above the figure of ₦88, 430,126,122.76 recorded within the corresponding period of 2024.
He stated that the record for February of 2025 also shows that the sum of ₦103,254,292,839.23k was generated which is also 2.90 % over and above the sum of ₦100,253,187,074.72k generated over the corresponding month of February 2024.
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According to him, the Command generated the sum of ₦128,268,749,635.00k for March 2025 and this is 10.3% higher than the ₦115,100,000,000.00k generated over the corresponding period of 2024.
“The total amount generated for the first quarter of 2025 is thus ₦347,935,672,476.00k which is 12.6% higher than the ₦304,000,000,000.00k generated in the corresponding period of 2024,” he noted.
Comptroller Onyeka also used the statement to harp on the need for stakeholders to do more honest declarations so that seamless operational environment may exist and all sides may benefit from a much better conducive ecosystem.
He was particularly appreciative of the support of the CG of Customs and the positive reviews that the media has so far accorded the Command.
Comptroller Onyeka promised to continue to engage stakeholders in every way possible so that there can be more all round improvement in all aspects of their operations.