Erstwhile Controller of Oyo/Osun command of Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Babajide A Jaiyeoba, on Tuesday assumed duty as the Customs Area Controller of the premier Customs command, the Apapa Customs Command.
He took over from ACG Auwal Baba Mohammed who was recently promoted and transferred to Abuja.
In his maiden speech after taking over, Jaiyeoba expressed his preparedness for the task ahead, assuring of his resolve to surpass the revenue target set for the command by the Customs management.
The new controller however charged officers and critical stakeholders of the command to join hands with him in order to have a successful tenure.
Assuring the officers and stakeholders that he would run an open open door policy, Jaiyeoba also promised to facilitate trade and block revenue leakages.
Speaking earlier, his predecessor, ACG Mohammed, lauder officers and men of the command for supporting him to record an impressive revenue collection when he was in charge of the command.
Mohammed disclosed that the command under his watch collected N676 billion revenue to government coffers between January and August 2023.
He celebrated command’s highest monthly of N136 billion in August and N10 billion collection in a single day, on 3rd of August, 2023 being the highest monthly and daily collections in the history of the Nigeria Customs Service.