By Femi Anamelechi
The Nigeria Customs Service Muritala Muhammad Airport Command has smashed its daily revenue record by 533 percent with the daily collection of N6,200,000,000 compared to the existing figure of N1,164,480,877.51.The outgoing Customs Area Controller in charge of the Command, acting Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs, Godwin Otunla disclosed this on Tuesday, 27 October 2026 during the official handover of the leadership mantle of the Command to new acting Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Mahmood Mundi. Highlighting successes recorded within the year, the acting ACG explained that officers and men under his leadership sustained notable achievements in the area of revenue generation, stakeholders engagement and maintenance of peaceful working environment. He said the total sum of N175,680,895,471.74 was collected from January to October 2026 into the federal government coffers.”The Command has put strategies in place to improve revenue generation by blocking revenue leakages, adopting scanning of cargos, conducting thorough examination of cargos as well as implementing intelligence-based risk management approach” he said. Speaking further Otunla explained that anti-smuggling effort so far has yielded the interception of 178 packages of Tramadol and 50 cartons of Canadian Loud with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N118,228,874,754.28 which were handed over to the representative of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in line with existing law.
Commending the accomplishment of his predecessor, the new acting Customs Area Controller, DC Mundi stated that his administration will be guided by continuous discipline and integrity to ensure improved service delivery. “I consider stakeholder engagement indispensable to our success. Therefore, I look forward to sustaining cordial relationships with our importers, licensed customs agents, and cargo terminal operators among others whose cooperation and compliance will remain essential to achieving our shared objectives” he saidThe event also featured goodwill messages from crucial stakeholders as the outgoing Area Controller gets promoted as the acting Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Human Resources Development.
