COMPT FRANK ONYEKA DOUBLES DOWN ON REVENUE; RAKES IN N347.9 BILLION IN FIRST QUARTER
Tin Can Customs Command Records Impressive Revenue Returns, Generates ₦347.9bn in Q1
The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded impressive revenue generation for the first quarter of the year 2025.
The Command collected ₦347.9bn between the months of January and March this year.
The total amount generated for the first quarter of 2025 which is ₦347,935,672,476.00k is 12.6% higher than the ₦304,000,000,000.00k generated in the corresponding period of 2024.
The CAC of the Command, Comptroller Frank Okechukwu Onyeka, announced this figure while speaking with a group of journalists at the conference room of the Command.
The January, 2025 revenue generation record shows a total of ₦116, 412,735,766.23 which represents 24.06% over and above the figure of ₦88, 430,126,122.76 recorded within the corresponding period of 2024.
The record for February of 2025 also shows that the sum of ₦103,254,292,839.23k was generated which is also 2.90 % over and above the sum of ₦100,253,187,074.72k generated over the corresponding month of February 2024.
The Command generated the sum of ₦128,268,749,635.00k for March 2025 and this is 10.3% higher than the ₦115,100,000,000.00k generated over the corresponding period of 2024.
Comptroller Onyeka stressed the need for stakeholders to do more honest declarations so that seamless operational environment may exist and all sides may benefit from a much better conducive ecosystem.
He was particularly appreciative of the support of the CG of Customs and the positive reviews that the media has so far accorded the Command.
He promised to continue to engage stakeholders in every way possible so that there can be more all round improvement in all aspects of their operations.
The Controller is seen as a quintessential and charismatic person by many having hit the ground running after assuming office in December 2024.
He has been in the forefront of implementing the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi’s policy of consolidation, collaboration and innovation in carrying out his functions, a development that has rightly aided his performances at the Command.