The outgoing controller of Katsina Area Customs Command, Dalhatu Chedi, said that the service collected N935.3 million since the reopening of the Jibia-Magama Border from 2022 to date.
Mr Chedi disclosed this during a ThanksGiving and Send-Off party organised in his honour in Katsina on Sunday.
He noted that Jibia-Magama was one of the four borders reopened by the Federal Government in April 2022 after a long time of their closure.
According to him, the amount has exceeded N60.8 million Revenue Target set for the command in 2022 by the Federal Government.
He said that in the command’s quest to facilitate Export Trade, it recorded Free-On-Board, FOB value of N4.4 billion from non-oil commodities, with 69,436 metric tons of exports through the border.
“In an effort to suppress smuggling, the command also recorded 379 arrests, out of which 258 seizures were made after thorough investigations,” he said.
The total Duty Paid Value of the goods was N144.7 million.
Mr Chedi thanked the Controller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, officers and men of the Katsina Area Command, other security agencies, stakeholders and State Governor, Aminu Masari, for the support accorded to him during his service in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Wada-Chedi will take over in Rivers Command, as Area Customs Controller.
NAN
