Customs will spring surprise in revenue generation - Wushishi.

Tayo Oladipupo

The Controller of Tin Can 2 (Lilypond) command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Lami Wushishi has said that with the use of the Nigeria Customs Integrated System (NICIS 2), the service would surprise the country in 2018 with the amount of revenue generation.

She said this Thursday in her office in Lagos while chatting with a group of journalists.

Wushishi said the new platform is blocking revenue leakages as well as curbing infractions by importers and their agents.

According to her, the initiative has helped in revenue generation so much that Nigerians would be surprised at the end of the year what the service would come up with as total revenue for the year.

She however lamented the dearth of general cargo in the command saying she had commenced meetings with relevant stakeholders to make sure that containers are stemmed to the terminal.

“Where we have issues is the general cargoes. We have been meeting with terminal operators and they promised to do something but up till now, nothing has been done.

Speaking on meeting the annual target, the controller said the command has already surpassed the target for the year but stated that paltry N13 million was made from general cargoes.

“We have already met our target. We have N18 billion already and our annual target is N17 billion. We have one billion above our target already but I want the terminal operators to do something about it,” she solicited.

Continuing, she said 91 percent of the command’s revenue comes from the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) which she maintained was not good enough as the command can achieve more from general cargoes.

She however promised to inform the Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) in charge of Zone A to help facilitate movement of containers to the command.