The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it would not disappoint the country in realising its N5 trillion revenue target for 2024.

The Customs Comptroller General, Adewale Adeniyi, said this shortly after decorating some promoted officers of the service in Abuja on Thursday, January 4, 2024.

Adeniyi, while urging the personnel to assiduously work hard to meet the target, said achieving the N5 trillion revenue target by the service was feasible.

He said: “We have a country, where economic operators, importers, exporters, depend a lot on our processes, on our commitment, and on our efficiency for their own business.

“We cannot afford to disappoint these stakeholders. We cannot afford to disappoint the economy.

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“We cannot afford to disappoint the president who has given us this opportunity and special privilege to be in charge of this critical aspect of our economic development.”

Adeniyi stated that achieving Customs’ revenue target of N5 trillion was feasible with the cooperation of the service key stakeholders and the dedication of its staff.

He said the country was confronting daunting challenges and needed the support of everyone to overcome and move the economy forward.

The Customs boss solicited the support of the National Assembly, especially committees responsible for oversight functions on the service, in the discharge of duties and achieving the feat.

He charged the decorated officers to drive the process as some of its finest personnel, especially as some of them were beneficiaries of the service’s special promotion scheme for excellent performances of duties.

“My charge to all officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service in 2024 is to realise the burden put on our shoulders and work assiduously together as a team to realise the mandate before us,” Adeniyi said.

The Customs boss said promotion assessment in the service would be continually reviewed for improvement, adding that the promotion of the officers was a demonstration of his commitment to motivate staff and improve their welfare.

Responding on behalf of the decorated officers, Assistant Comptroller Ify Ogbodu assured Adeniyi of working hard to deliver the mandate of the service, particularly in enhancing service delivery, professionalism, diligence, and adhering to principles of integrity.

Adeniyi had, at the budget defence for 2024, told the lawmakers that the Customs revenue target for 2023 was N3.684 trillion and the sum of N2.959 trillion had been generated so far.

The Star