Customs: 2012 revenue target realisable
Hauwa Noroh Ali, Abuja
The Nigeria Customs Service is targeting revenue collection of One Trillion Naira revenue in the year 2012.
The Controller-General of Customs, Dikko Inde Abdullahi, stated this during the first revenue Strategy meeting for the new year held with Customs Area Controllers in Abuja, the Nigerian capital
The 2012 strategy he stressed, would be based on a strict implementation of current fiscal policy anchored on increasing use of IT tools.
According to him, "We benefited tremendously from the use of System Audit last year, we are going to consolidate on that gains by tapping into the opportunities which the Asycuda System provides us"
In addition to the System Audit Strategy, the Comptroller-General said that the use of the Risk Assessment Reports (RARs) will be closely monitored to prevent the rampant abuse of the system.
He directed that all unutilized RARs carried over from 2011 and previous years be compiled and investigated.
He warned the Custom Comptrollers that merit and performance would be the major criteria for deployment, noting that no excuse will be entertained for non-performance.
"Last year there was 25% increase in the volume of cargo imported into the country. If the tempo is sustained, our target is realizable" he said.
Target breakdown
According to the Target Breakdown Apapa Port leads the pack, with N27 Billion projected Revenue. Revenue target for other Command include
Tin-can Island Port- N22 Billion
Onne Port - N10 Billion
PTML (Tincan II)- N7.5 Billion
Lilypond - N5 Billion
Kirikiri Lighter- N 5 Billion
Edo/Delta - N4.5 Billion
Port Harcourt I - N4 Billion
Last year, the Nigeria Customs Service generated a total of about N7.41 trillion representing a surplus of N148 Billion over the Service target of N596 Billion.
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