Onne Area 2 Customs Command Seized Containers of 1,165 cartons of Analgin injection, Fireworks
... Generated 54.9Billion Revenue In Three Months
By: Bisi Akingbade
Onne Area 2 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service announced that it has intercepted a total of 26 containers out of which two containers laden with Analgin Injection, fireworks and other items with a total Duty Paid Value of ₦94,652,168.39 of the seized items.
The Controller of the Onne Area 2 Command, Comptroller Baba Imam at a press conference in Onne Port. Rivers State, today made this known .
He stated that the seized cartons of Analgin injection will be handed over to NAFDAC in the spirit of interagency collaboration while remaining Twenty-Four (24) containers seized by the command were laden with refined vegetable oil comprising a total of 24,860 gallons of 25 and 10 litres La-Jonic vegetable oil. i.e (19,800 gallons of 25 litres and 5,060 gallons of 10 litres) with duty paid value of ₦833,172,538.42. (Based on false declaration and contravention of Schedule 3 Article 4 of C.ET)
His words “Similarly, One 20 ft container of machete was detained on documentation grounds pending provision of End user Certificate. Gentlemen of the press, we cannot but underscore the necessity and imperativeness of synergy, collaboration and intelligence sharing, as the above seizures were made purely with intelligence gathered and 100% physical examination”
“Nevertheless , I want to state here that investigation is still ongoing through our legal/intelligent unit to arrest the culprits and bring them to book as soon as possible.
“The federal Government bans the Importation of refined vegetable oil in order to promote local production by our local industries, which in turn creates employment for Nigerians and to boost foreign exchange through export of such products.
“The seized containers would be filed for condemnation at the federal High Court Port Harcourt and shall subsequently be forfeited to the Federal Government”
"It is worthy of note that importation of certain controlled items like Fireworks and machete requires End-User Certificate which is under the purview of the Office of the National Security Adviser, such importations without the Certificate are to be seized and forfeited to the Nigerian Government".
Earlier, he noted that the command recorded successes from January to March 2023, with a revenue generation of Fifty-Four Billion, Nine hundred and Ninety-Two Million, One hundred and Twenty-Three thousand, Six hundred and Eighty-Seven naira, Fifteen kobo (₦54,992,123,687.15), which translate to 16.3 percent of the target of 336 Billion naira as revenue target for the command in year 2023.
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