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Comptroller Joe Anani, the Customs Area Controller of the Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has announced the collection of N350,347,173,787.92 from January to September 2025 as revenue collected in the first nine months of 2025. Speaking at his maiden press briefing recently, Controller Anani said that the collected figure is 96.64 percent and almost equal to the N362,521,085,250.98 that was collected by the Command from January to December, 2024. According to him, the Command also intercepted a 1X20FT container with marks and number GCNU1275880 falsely declared as supermarket items but upon 100% examination was found to contain pharmaceutical drugs. He also revealed that for third quarter, 2025, the Command recorded a total of ₦116,243,603,670.58 revenue which is 34.3 percent higher than the ₦86,584,012,733.43 that was collected during the third quarter of 2024. According to him, a comparative analysis of the Command’s revenue performance in the last quarter shows that the command has maintained a steady increase in collection and this is happening despite the teething challenges of the B’Odogwu platform which the Command is fast overcoming. Speaking on anti smuggling, the CAC said that two containers of unregistered medicines were intercepted include: one (1) WE Tactical made in Taiwan Airsoft pistol, Two (2) magazines and 12 rounds of live ammunitions, 1x40ft container with marks and number ACLU9806850 falsely declared as magnetic resonance imaging apparatus but upon 100% examination found to contain 6,262 cartons of antibiotics of various brands. He added that in line with the CGC’s directive on enhancing customs community relationship, the command’s existing relationships with sister government agencies and other stakeholders have been boosted. In line with the collaboration policy thrust of the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, Comptroller Anani handed the seized containers over to the Director of port inspection directorate of NAFDAC.
