Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Customs revenue drops by N2.7bn at Tin-Can Port

Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Command, had a revenue shortfall of N2.7 billion in the first quarter of 2016, compared with the corresponding period of 2015. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Chris Osunkwo, made the disclosure in an interview on Tuesday in Lagos.
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NAN reports that the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Retired Col. Hameed Ali, on April 4, at a Consultative Forum between Customs and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), decried the revenue shortfall. Ali attributed the shortfall in Customs revenue to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) policies, He said that the service, as a whole, had a revenue shortfall of N230 billion in the last quarter of 2015. 

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