PTML Customs Command records highest revenue so far

Comptroller Suleman Bomoi

Comptroller Suleman Bomoi

Esther Komolafe

The Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited Command of the Nigeria Customs Service hit N199bn in ten months while the highest figures were recorded in June with 21.5% and 29.9% in July 2022 compared to the corresponding period of 2021.

The Comptroller in charge of Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML), Comptroller Suleman Bomoi said that the command collected a whooping sum of N199 468 482 842.00 into the coffers of Nigeria Customs Service from January to October 2022.

In order to achieve the aims of the three-point agenda of Comptroller-General Hameed Ibrahim Ali which are to generate more revenue, suppress smuggling activities and enhance trade facilitation at the Ports, Bomoi tasked his men to uphold the tenet of compliance in revenue collection.

This information was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Command Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Muhammad Yakubu and made available to the press in Lagos.

The statement reads in parts; “Not compromising on their duties will not only guarantee maximum revenue collection but will also promote national security and overall citizens protection.

“The collected revenue translates to a 7.7 per cent increase, which is an appreciation of N14,247,021,754.00 from the N185,221,461,088.00 generated during the same period in 2021.

“The highest revenue collections this year were recorded in June and July.

“The breakdown for the periods under review shows that the Command made N15,205,823,545 in January 2021 and N15,713,776,798 in January 2022, indicating a 3.3% increase.

“It recorded a 20% increase after raking in N14,075,386,963 in February 2022, as against N11,706,947,150 in 2021, while March 2022 saw a 9.5% rise with N21,840,828,908:00 collected, compared to N19,937,869,175 in the previous year.

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“In April 2022, the command’s performance of N16,357,509,497 did not surpass that of the previous year of N17,938,794,417, which it, however, made up of for in May, following a 28% boost with N22,550,759,092 collected as against N17,606,073,741 made in 2021.

“In June 2022, it collected N27,029,957,255, showing a 21.5% appreciation from N22,253,694,223 made in 2021, while July 2022 saw it record a 29.9% increase with N25,389,607,638 collection when compared to the N19,532,512,815 generated in 2021.”

The statement reveals further that in August and September 2022, the command raked in N21,766,390,771(-0.3.1%) and N17,379,074,244.30 (-8.5%), as against N21,835,143,596 and N19,004,755,983 respectively, for the same months in 2021.

For October 2022, the command raked in N17,365,191,676.00, falling by 14.0% compared to the N20,199,846,443.00 made in the same month of the previous year.

In his remarks, Comptroller Bomai said, “As a command, we stand to achieve more for our great country when we are compliant with all our books of instructions like the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA), Updated Import and Export Prohibition Lists, Circulars and other documents of instruction.

“As a command dealing mostly on automobile cargoes, l urge our officers, new and old to remain uncompromising in the implementation of extant laws and the recent directives like the Vehicle Identification Number(VIN) valuation and other innovations that align with customs modernisation.”

Compt Bomai asserted that the task of facilitating trade concerning importers, agents, terminal operators, shipping companies and others was critical to national economic growth.

“Let’s keep on facilitating trade for national interest and ensure strict lawfully approved sanctions on lawbreakers.

“I urge you all to keep up the good work as we gravitate towards the end of the year 2022 with anticipation of greater achievements in revenue collection, anti-smuggling and trade facilitation.

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