The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has so far generated ₦976.6 billion revenue from January to August for the country.
The document obtained from the service through its Public Relations Office by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday indicated that the sum was realised from import duties and excise duties, among others.
The statistics showed that the NCS generated its highest revenue from import duty followed by the one gotten from the service’s Value Added Tax (VAT).
From the document, NCS realised ₦471.7 billion from import duty trailed by the ₦216.4 billion generated from the Customs’ VAT.
According to the statistics, the sum of ₦120.4 billion is generated from Non-Federation Accounts levies, while ₦84.3 billion is gotten from Federation Accounts levies.
The document also showed that the sum of ₦76.9 billion was generated from excise duty and ₦6.6 billion was received from fees.
The sum of ₦1.3 trillion was generated as revenue in 2019 by the NCS.
Speaking on this development, Mr Promise Amahah, an economic expert commended Customs for generating such amount in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacted negatively the economy.
Amahah said with what the NCS had generated in eight months, it would catch up or even surpass the ₦1.3 trillion revenue for 2019.
The Comptroller-General of NCS, retired Col. Hameed Ali had assured the country of generating substantial revenue in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ali was speaking while commending his officers and men for their resilience and commitment to duty during the challenging period of coronavirus.
“Nigeria and indeed the world have been challenged with COVID-19, but we are still doing our best, there is no cause for alarm in terms of revenue generation,” Ali said.
Source: NAN
