The Port-Harcourt Area ll Command, Onne, of the Nigeria Customs Service says a total of N115.264bn has been collected from January to June, 2022.
Public Relations Officer of the command, Ifeoma Onuigbo Ojekwu, in a statement said the 2022 half-year collection showed a remarkable difference from the N78 billion collected in the first half of 2021 and N46.6 billion collected in the same period of 2020.
Ojekwu also said that the command, under Comptroller Auwal Mohammed, the Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, achieved an upward revenue progression on a monthly basis.
“Further comparison indicates 147 per cent increase above the 2020 collection and 47 per cent increase above 2021 figure showing differences of N37,097,079,630.91 and N68,597,503,002.82 for 2021 and 2020 respectively.” The statement read in parts.
