NCS gives half year report, nets N1.2b from seizures
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has raked in N1.2b from a total of Four hundred and Ninety Four (494) different seizures of prohibited/offending goods while effecting the arrests of one hundred and twenty six (126) suspects in connection with the seizures during the same period.
This was contained in the half year report of the command at the disposal of Daily Times.
Giving a breakdown of the seizure, the command said that a total of Twenty two thousand, seven hundred and sixty three (22,763) bags of 50kg parboiled rice was intercepted; the seized rice was valued at One Hundred and Thirteen Million, Nine Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira (N113,940,000.00) Only with a payable duty of Thirty Four Million, One Hundred and Eighty Two Thousand Naira (N34,182,000.00) only and a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of One Hundred and Forty Eight Million, One Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand Naira (N148,122,000.00) only.
On banned poultry products, the command said a total of Twenty nine thousand, six hundred and eighty four (29,684) cartons valued at One Hundred and Thirty Three Million, Five Hundred and Seventy Eight Thousand Naira (N133,578,000.00) only with a payable duty of Twenty Six Million, Seven Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, Six Hundred Naira (N26,715,600.00) Only and a DPV of One Hundred and Sixty Million, Two Hundred and Ninety Three Thousand, Six Hundred Naira (N160,293,600.00) only.
The Unit said it was also able to apprehend one hundred and twenty six (126) suspects in connection with the seizures during the same period.
Giving a comparative analysis with the corresponding period in 2015, the Public Relations Officer of Federal Operations Unite Zone A Ikeja Uche Ejesieme said the unit recorded one thousand and thirty (1,030) different seizures with a Duty Paid Value of seven hundred and fifty eight million, two hundred and seventy one thousand, nine hundred and sixty nine naira (N758, 271,969.00) only.
‘While the number of seizures for 2015 appeared higher, the quality of seizures between January and June, 2016 obviously accounted for the improved Duty Paid Value.
He disclosed further that despite the harsh economic realities, the Unit was still able to demonstrate capacity in actualising the set objectives of the service, particularly in enforcing the fiscal policies of the Federal Government of Nigeria” he said.
