The Port & Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of Nigeria Customs Service has generated a total sum of N234,340,789,594 as revenue as at November 30,2023.
This revenue collection surpassed the November 2022 collection of N213,405,461,873 by N20,935,327,721 which represents a 9.8 per cent increase.
Disclosing this shortly after a reception ceremony for ‘MV Great Lagos, a Grimaldi owned Roll on Roll off (RoRo) vessel, the Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Saidu Abba Yusuf, expressed optimism in meeting the 2023 total revenue target of the command.
The Public Relations Officer of the Command, CSC) Mohamad Yakubu , in a statement on Monday, noted that the controller has fully deployed officers to work optimally in line with the assurances they gave to the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, when he visited the command two months ago.
He restated that compliance and transparency are keys to faster cargo clearance at all times as Customs officers are fully mobilized to conduct joint examination from 9am to 4pm with sister government agencies, to avoid the delays associated with separate examinations by the individual agencies.
In his words: “The command is a model in many areas including a record breaking three hour RoRo cargo clearance time where there is hundred percent compliance.
He added that this timely release feat is sustainable and has contributed to the achievement of adequate terminal space devoid of congestion in PTML.
The Controller informed that,” The visit of ‘MV Great Lagos’ ,a ship with space to carry 2500 vehicles and 2000 containers , 2500 general cargo and equipments, shows the capacity of the command to receive and process increased number of imported cargoes.