Oyo, Osun Customs generate over N71bn in 2023 — Controller
Customs Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Dr Ben Oramalugo, has said the command generated N71,292,530,398.17 as revenue into the coffers of the Federal Government for the fiscal year of 2023.
Oramalugo also said that the command intercepted contraband with a Duty Paid Value of N454,235,559.00 for the year 2023, even as he revealed that the command also intercepted contraband whose DPV was put at N30,464,500.00 between the period of January 1 to January 18, 2024.
Oramalugo disclosed this at a press conference held on Friday at the headquarters of the Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Speaking on a truckload of timber seized by the command, Oramalugo explained exporting raw wood remained illegal in Nigeria.
He said, “The Export Provision List No.4 stipulated that it is illegal to export raw wood, and the government has put that in place to protect our furniture industry. But you still found out that some unscrupulous elements still export this thing to the detriment of the Nigerian state.”
“Other seizures made by the command in the 2023 fiscal year and the period 1st -18 January 2024, according to Oramalugo, included 12 sacks and four wraps of Cannabis Sativa with DPV of N1,699,740.00; 11,850 litres(474 kegs of 25 litre) of premium motor spirit (PMS); 114 bales and two sacks of used clothing with N41,160,000.00 DPV; 194 (50 kg bags) of foreign parboiled rice with DPV N8,393,000.00, 100 pieces of timber with DPV of N7,700,000, among other seizures.”
The customs area controller expressed his appreciation to the Comptroller General of Customs, B.A. Adeniyi and his management team for supporting the command to realise its set objectives.
He also thanked Governor Seyi Makinde for his continuous support, particularly for his recent donation of a Kia Rio vehicle to the command.
He also thanked the traditional rulers and other sister security agencies like the Nigerian Army, the NDLEA, the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, Oyo State Operation Burst, and Amotekun, among others for collaborating with customs.
“We would like to use this opportunity to implore all patriotic residents of Oyo and Osun states as well as members of the general public to provide the command with useful information that could be used to apprehend economic saboteurs in their environment in order to rid our society of all individuals with such nefarious intentions,” Oramalugo said.
He extended the command’s deepest condolences to the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and the families of those who lost their loved ones to Tuesday’s explosion in Ibadan and prayed to God to grant the departed souls eternal rest.
