Nigeria Customs Service yesterday said it generated N2.7 trillion in six months.
It is an increase of about N200 billion over its projected revenue for the period.
Its revenue target for the 2024 financial year is N5. 06 trillion.
Deputy Comptroller General of Customs in charge of trade and tariffs, C.K. Niagwan, said the revenue was generated as of July 10.
She said the target for the period was N2.53 trillion.
According to her, daily revenue collection by the service increased by about 44 percent.
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Briefing the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise during an oversight visit, she attributed the successes to the blockage of leakages.
Comptroller General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, said it was wrong for customs officers to raid markets in search of smuggled goods.
“Let me issue a disclaimer. I did not authorize any Customs Officer to go to any market. We are not supposed to go to any market or operate in the market.
“But the market is not supposed to provide a sanctuary for smuggled goods.
“If we have information that there are smuggled goods in an area, the law allows us to go there.
“We want to keep the peace, that is why we don’t raid markets, but we also want market people to display some level of responsibility,” Adeniyi said.
