Customs Area Controller, Tin Can Island Command, Comptroller Frank Okechukwu Onyeka,

The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has recorded a revenue of N347.9billion for the first quarter of 2025 fiscal year covering January-March. This represents a 12.6per cent growth rate when compared to the N304billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2024.

Speaking with newsmen recently in Lagos, the Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Frank Okechukwu Onyeka, disclosed that the impressive revenue performance was attributable to the various reforms put in place by the management of the Service, the diligence of the officers at the command as well as the cooperation of some stakeholders, who are honest in the declaration of the consignments.

Details of the revenue figures show that the Command recorded a total of N116.42billion in January, which represents a 24.06per cent growth over the ₦88.43billion collected in the corresponding period of 2024.

Similarly, the Command collected a total of N103.3billion for February 2025, representing a growth of 2.90per cent compared to the sum of ₦100.billion generated in the corresponding period of February 2024, while it collected the sum of ₦128.3billion for the month of March 2025, representing a growth rate of 10.3per cent over the ₦115.1billion generated in the corresponding period of 2024.

The CAC, who thanked the stakeholders for their support, urged them to do more in terms of honest declaration of their consignment to enhance seamless trade documentation and revenue collection, assuring that the Service is doing everything to improve the operational environment, which would be to the benefit of all.

He thanked the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and the entire management team of the Service for their support without which the superlative revenue performance would have been impossible.