The Nigeria Customs Service says absence of an examination bay and the global economic recession have affected the Seme Border Command in meeting its monthly revenue target.
Area Comptroller Seme Border, Maitama Kura said the two factors had hindered the command’s effective performance in spite its efforts.
The monthly revenue target set for the command is N500 million, but we were unable to make it because of the economic meltdown and lack of an examination bay at the border, he said.
Seme Command of Custom had declared a revenue of N443.02 million in August with about N6.6 million realised from the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme goods.
Kura called on the contractors handling the examination bay project to speed up work to prevent carrying out the examination of goods on the roads.
According to him, his men would continue to wage war against smuggling, promising that he would continue to work to meet the revenue target.
He said the command was able to facilitate the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme by allowing the free flow of trade with the sub-region.
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