.Approve N5.079trn revenue target for agency
The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has asked the Comptroller-General of NIgeria Customs Service NCS Mr Adewale Adeniyi to stop the smuggling of vehicles through the nation’s porous borders
The House also approved the revenue target of N5.079 trillion set by the agency as its 2024 revenue target and commended its 2023 revenue of N3.669 trillion statutorily paid into the consolidated revenue fund of the federation
Chairman of the House Committee Hon.Leke Abejide gave the charge to the CGC and other top officials of the agency during the 2024 Budget defense and review of the 2023 Budget of the agency by the House Committee.
He urge the agency to tackle issues of smuggling and border crimes and strengthen relationship with host communities.
The lawmaker also asked the NIgeria Customs Service NCS to align its budget to the principles of accountability and probity in the use of public resources.
The House Committee Chairman and some other lawmakers also ask the agency to tackle issues of proliferation of arms and light weapons and commended the agency for budgeting hugely for capital projects across the states of the nation.
In his remarks, the Comptroller-General of NIgeria Customs Service NCS Mr Adewale Adeniyi said that agency working collaboratively with other agencies of government to stop the smuggling of vehicles in the nations borders.
He said that the agency had set a revenue target of N5.079 trillion in 2024 to ensure there is revenue to the government to fund the national budgets
He also hinted that the agency is seeking for the approval N706.4 trillion budget of the agency for cargo tracking, decongestion of the Seaports, personnel emoluments and execution of capital projects.
The Committee Chairman Hon Abejide who said that the Committee is committed approval of funds to strengthen the agency urged the Chief executive officer to embrace electronic custom in his operations.
