MMIA Terminal Customs Generates N20.89bn Revenue in 2022

The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) generated a revenue sum of N20, 898,557,880.11 at its Murtala  Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Area Command in  2022.

The Command Public Relations Officer (PRO) Superintendent Juliana Destiny Tomo (mnipr)  on behalf of the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Malami Gidado made this known to the newsmen.

The statement noted that the remarkable achievements made in the Command in terms of revenue collected between August and December 2022 was as a result of seamless travellers’ clearance procedure adopted by the Command as initiated by the CAC over the period.

“The seamless travellers’ clearance procedure adopted by the Command as initiated by the CAC over the period is worthwhile as evidenced in the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command revenue collected from August to December 2022.”

It continued,  “This implies effectiveness of initiated and adopted strategies while measuring performance and Challenges from August to December 2022 compared to the preceding year’s revenue collection of 2021 towards a better performance in the near future.”

It would be recalled that between  August and December 2021,  the sum of Nineteen Billion,Forty Eight Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten Thousand,Six Hundred and Fourteen Naira and Twenty Six Kobo (N19,048,810,614.26) only was the revenue collected by the Command.

Comparing the Command’s performances in revenue collected in 2021 and 2022, Comptroller Gidado  stated, “in rounding up the revenue collection at the end of December 2022, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, had a smiling end of year collection of the sum of N20,898,557,880.11 for the period of January to December, 2022. While in 2021, the sum of N19, 048,810,614.26 was the revenue collected within same period.

He said  this has resulted to an increased collection of N1,849,747,265.85, due to an improved integrity of passengers’ in the declaration of goods and high level of Compliance towards voluntary payment of (Couriers Parcels, Passengers Accompanied and Unaccompanied Baggage) Duty.

In December 2022 alone, the Command collected the sum of N1, 758,585,087.54. In the preceding year, the Sum of N1, 620,044,911.45, was the revenue collected within same period in 2021.