Customs Generates N2.9bn at Lagos Airport

• Customs Generates N2.9bn at Lagos Airport

The Nigerian Customs command at the Murtala Mohammed Airport announced an exceptional revenue for the first 10 days of the year.

The command generated N2.911 billion in revenue during the first 10 days of 2019, according to the Customs Area Controller, Shoboiki Jane.

The Area Controller in a statement said: “The Murtala Mohammed Airport Command started the year (2019) with an unprecedented revenue collection of N2,911,374,14 in the first 10 days of January.”

The command reported N50 billion in revenue for the year 2018, higher than the N2,571,447,89 filed in 2017.

Jane attributed the success of the command to efficiency and improved technology. The controller also recounted the successes that were recorded in the anti-smuggling activities, saying that the command intercepted and detained smuggled military materials that were imported into the country without end-user certificates.

She said, “This year, the command has intercepted and detained two packages of military camouflage uniform imported without end-user certificates. Also, 51 cartons of drones were intercepted and detained without end-user certificates.”