Kwara Customs Rakes N10.027bn In 5 Months, Donates Food Items To Vulnerable People

The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara State Command today announced the remittance of over Ten Billion Naira into the federation account being revenue raked from January to May.

Disclosing this during his maiden press conference held at the Area Command headquarters in Ilorin, Controller Faith Mathew Ojeifo who assumed leadership of the Command in February said a comparative review of the preceding year 2023 indicates that the command surpassed with 40.41% increment.

“From January-May, 2024 we collected and remitted a total sum of Ten Billion Twenty-Seven Million Five Hundred and Eighty Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety Four Naira Sixty Three Kobo (N10, 027, 580,694.63).

“A comparative review of the preceding year 2023 indicates that the command surpassed what was collected same period last year 2023 with Two Billion Eight Hundred and Eighty Five Million Seven Hundred Seventy Nine Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Four Naira Three Kobo (N2,885,779,644.03) which represents 40.41% increment.

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“Within the period under review, I rejig my operation teams which had led to Twenty One (21) seizures of different prohibited items. These include: 507 Bags of foreign Rice, One Unit of used vehicles, 1,055 pieces of used tyres, 164 Jeri cans of PMS of 25 liters each (4,100 liters) The Total Duty Paid Value is N35, 416,140,000.”

Similarly the Command also donated some food items to the vulnerable people in the state through the state Commissioner for Social Development Hon. Burahimo Abosede and accompanied by her counterpart in Women’s Affairs, Folashade Opeyemi.

Kwara State Commissioner of Social Development in the middle, Hon. Burahimo Abosede receiving donated food items at the Ilorin Headquarters of Customs Service Area Command

“In a follow up to the Honorable Commissioner’s recent visit to Kwara Command, I am honored to stand before you today to present these relief materials on behalf of Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR to the Kwara State Ministry of Social Development.

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“We are aware that the ministry is not a revenue generating ministry and only benefits from monthly allocations from the Kwara State Government and that is why we are recognizing the tireless efforts of the ministry in serving the less privileged, the vulnerable and the disabled in the society.”

The items donated include: cartons of Indomie noodles, spaghetti, sugar, toilet paper, Semolina, Cartons of tin and sachets milk

Said all items aimed at providing relief, comfort, support, and hope to those who have been affected by specific crises or challenges.

Thanking Customs on behalf of the state government, Hon. Abosede lauded the support and promised that the items would be judiciously shared to the needy.

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The Command also gave out empowerment items to the Customs Officer’s wives Associations.

“After months of extensive training of registered wives and widows of Customs officers in different empowerment training programs such as baking, cosmetics, sewing, and other skill acquisition. Today, under my leadership, we are empowering about Sixty Seven (67) wives and widows of Customs officers with Sewing machine, Baking oven and Make up kits.

“The aim of the empowerment is to keep you busy, self dependent and productive while we are far away from home which will no doubt reduce the burden of always waiting on your husbands.” Controller said