The monitoring unit of the Nigeria Customs Companies (NCS) in Ogun II Space Command, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has uncovered 12 factories which have been allegedly working for a interval with out paying the prerequisite Excise Duties within the State.
That is approaching the heels of NCS’ success story at producing the sum of over N12. 8 billion inside a interval of six months of its aggressive income technology drive.
The NCS Controller for Ogun Space II Command, Comptroller Bisi Alade, disclosed these whereas talking with journalists at a press convention held in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Thursday.
Alade defined that the errant 12 factories, which comprised of 11 manufacturing corporations and one Bonded Terminal have been found by means of the NCS’ deployment of “intelligence and reconnaissance” of its monitoring unit, stressing that the affected factories have been introduced beneath totally different levels of registration to allow them pay obligatory duties to the federal authorities.
Whereas soliciting the cooperation of the assorted factories beneath the command on the well timed cost of acceptable Excise Duties and different expenses, Alade reiterated that the command beneath his watch would proceed to dialogue and sensitise members of the enterprise communities in Ogun State on the necessity to adjust to the federal government’s fiscal insurance policies even whereas discharging the NCS’ statutory perform of imposing compliance.
Talking on the core mandate of the Service’s income technology, the Ogun II Space Controller revealed that the whole sum of N12,830,493,630:06 was generated between January and June this 12 months when he assumed workplace as the general head of the command.
In line with Alade, the quantity generated represented a 51 per cent enchancment on the quantity generated within the corresponding 12 months 2023, which stood at just a little over N8. 505 billion.
“This attainment is proof of the diligence, professionalism and dedication of our officers and males who labored tirelessly to make sure that we met and exceeded the income targets given to our command. It’s also indicative of our steadfast dedication to the expansion of our Nationwide financial system.
“Our actions within the free commerce zones have improved and these introduced higher success which is obvious in our month-to-month income collections from April to June,” he acknowledged.
Alade, nevertheless, assured that the command would proceed to place in place obligatory measures that may help it in bettering on the income assortment, whereas additionally sustaining a sturdy relationship with members of the buying and selling communities in Ogun Space II Command.