Customs Generates N20.1bn At Apapa Port In 1 Day

Barely 24 hours aft assuming bureau arsenic Customs Area Controller for Apapa Port Command, Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba said the Command achieved a postulation of ₦20,156,077,098.56 connected Tuesday, September 9, 2025.

The accomplishment was against the backdrop of the Customs Area Controller’s determination to physique connected the occurrence of his predecessor, ACG Babatunde Olomu.

The latest record-breaking postulation present stands arsenic the highest regular gross of immoderate Command successful the Nigeria Customs Service, utilizing the Unified Customs Management System, besides known arsenic B’Odogwu

This grounds has not lone breached the existing N18billion achieved by the Command, but besides confirmed the caller CAC’s resoluteness to conscionable and surpass the gross people acceptable for the Command successful his maiden code connected Monday.

Shortly aft taking over, Comptroller Oshoba met with elder officers of the Command wherever helium commended them for the large feats achieved successful the past with a directive urging them to summation their tempo of productivity.

He reminded them that outstanding results were the existent impervious of hard work, dedication and uncompromising disposition to work and expressed content that they could surpass their show anterior to his arrival.

On the caller N20.1bn postulation successful a day, Comptroller Oshoba noted this arsenic lone the opening of greater exploits, saying it did not yet telephone for solemnisation arsenic helium foresees greater achievements up for the Command.

Oshoba described B’Odogwu arsenic a necessity successful the build-up to a much modern and businesslike customs medication successful Nigeria with imaginable to fortify the country’s presumption arsenic Africa’s largest system noted for commercialized facilitation.

“I commend my squad and stakeholders for this large milestone of ₦20.1bn postulation successful 1 day, conscionable 24 hours aft I resumed here. It’s not the clip to clap yet, due to the fact that clapping means removing your 2 hands from enactment to celebrate.

“Let’s permission the solemnisation and applause for days up erstwhile we shall person aboriginal achievements of surpassing targets, curbing immoderate attempted smuggling oregon concealment and treating commercialized with productive velocity without compromising our integrity. I judge successful action, which speaks louder than words,” helium said.

He reminded that, “We are each portion of past arsenic our corporate efforts are resonating positively connected the Nigerian economy.

“I impulse my officers to support the large enactment going and for the stakeholders, they should enactment connected the way of compliance,” Comptroller Oshoba said.