The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command has said it generated a total of N1.23tn as revenue between January and July 2024.

In a statement on Wednesday, the command also said it collected N202bn as revenue for July, stressing that the figure is the highest monthly collection in the history of the service.

The Customs Area Controller of the command, Babatunde Olomu, said the command is committed to surpassing the existing records of revenue collection.

He said the revenue collected in the first seven months of 2024 is higher than the total revenue collected for the whole of 2023.

“For the first seven months of 2024, that is January to July this year, the Apapa Area Command generated a total of N1.23tn. What has been generated so far for seven months is above the total collected revenue by the command in 2023, which was N1.17tn,” he said.

Olomu attributed the success to the implementation of the time release study by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, which aimed to facilitate trade without delay.

According to Olomu, the move yielded outstanding results, which reflected in the command’s revenue collection.

Expressing confidence in the command’s ability to do better, Olomu said, “I am optimistic about the possibility of beating this record as we look forward to surpassing it in months to come.

“Worthy of note is the interventions from the tariff and trade department, which has contributed immensely to the successes achieved thus far.”

The Apapa Customs boss vowed that the command is committed to doing more in line with the directives and motivating examples of the CGC.