Q3 report of Kebbi Command: Compt,Ojike hands over donkey skin and other items to sister agencies, generate #36.2m as revenue
Comptroller of customs, IHEANACHO ERNEST OJIKE, Customs area controller, KEBBI Command has handed over some prohibited items seized in the course of carrying out their duties to sister agencies responsible for such items as directed by the NCS Headquarters and in spirit of interagency collaboration.
Compt IHEANACHO said he did this according to the directives of Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR of consolidation, innovation and collaboration, the Command will shortly hand over one hundred and eighty (180) pieces of donkey skin and seventy four (74) cartons of different medicaments to Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS) and National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) respectively.
In the area of revenue generation, the Command has been on the frontline, working assiduously to improve the revenue generated yearly by the Command to meet up the set target.
In a quest to further improve the revenue drive, the Command under the able leadership of Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR has been actively involved in the process of reopening of Tsamiya-Sebgana border, which proposed a one-stop border post. A one-stop border cuts off all irrelevancies in documentations and non-tariff procedures preceding trade facilitation.
Even though a lot of challenges has affected the Command’s effort at revenue generation for the federal Government; such as low volume of imports through our only official border, Kamba, the Command was still able to generate the sum of Thirty six million, two hundred and twenty three thousand, five hundred and fifty four naira fifty kobo (₦36, 223, 554.50K) within the period under review.
At this point, I will want to talk about ‘whirlwind Team’, which is a special team created by the CGC and tasked with the sole responsibility of curbing the menace of petroleum products smuggling.
Of course, we all know the implications of smuggling our petroleum products outside the shores of the country. Scarcity of these product is created here when these miscreant have their way.
But this special team, whirlwind, has since swung into action and has successfully within the short period of their stay here reduced the menace of petroleum product smuggling in the state. They are a team that thrive on intelligence, and the results of their efforts speak for them.
Here, we showcase some of their seizures of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) they have made. And they are working very hard to ensure that incidences of scarcity of the products are not experienced in the state.
In the area of anti-smuggling, the Command has recorded series of successes as the officers and men continue to strive hard to get rid of smuggling activities within Kebbi. The seizures made during the period under review are as follows:-
1. 367 of bales of secondhand clothings
2. 16,300 liters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)
3. 74 cartons of different medicaments
4. 8 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50Kg each
5. 180 pieces of donkey skin bundled in nine (9) sacks
6. 2 litres of Oxidized Nitric Acid of 35kg each
7. 1 unit of DAF truck and Toyota Corolla as means of conveyance, among others.
It may interest you to know that 5 Suspects have been arrested in connection with the seizures above and they have been granted administrative bail in compliance with the provision of the constitution pending further investigation and proper trial of their case.
The Duty Paid Value of the seized items is three hundred and twenty three million, sixty five thousand five and sixty seven naira (₦323, 065, 567).
The above seizures were possible with the combined efforts of the outfield officers, our intelligence Unit, Patrol team leaders, other relevant units, sister agencies and well-meaning Nigerians who provided intelligence.
Lastly, He warn smugglers and their syndicates that our officers and men are well positioned and equipped to scuttle all their activities, therefore, we urge them to abstain from their nefarious act. Kebbi State must be free from any smuggling activities.
