The Nigeria Customs Service recorded N1.975 billion in revenue from Duty Paid Value of seizures from January 1 to February 2024.
The Comptroller of Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘B’ Kaduna, Dalha Chedi, disclosed in a media briefing on Thursday.
Chedi said the service made seizures of 27 different items, ranging from used foreign shoes to foreign parboiled rice, Second-hand clothing, expired milk, and juice powder.
According to him, other items seized within this period are 237 Bags of Foreign Parboiled Rice (50Kg each), 1837 cartons of foreign spaghetti, macaroni and couscous, 1707 jerry cans of premium Motor Spirits (PMS) 25litres each, 3459 cartons/sachets of Amoxicillin, Artesunate, 500 Mg, 35 cartons of flame lighters, 2089 cartons of foreign dates, 142 cartons of YES Cigarettes, 810 pieces of foreign used tyres, many vehicles deposited at various Customs formations in the Zone, among others.
“The Total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the Seizures made within the period under review is One Billion, Nine Hundred and Seventy-Five Million, Six Hundred and Six Hundred and Fifty-Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty-Five Naira and Ninety-Six Kobo(N1, 975,657,865.96) only”, he said.
