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Published 31 January 2021
The Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs and Excise, who is also a retired Deputy Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, tells SUNDAY ABORISADE why the National Assembly must stop the planned concession of the agency, among other issues
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Nigerian Customs Service is a major revenue-generating agency in the country but you always complain that it is not generating enough revenue. What really is the problem?
If the Nigerian government wants the Nigerian Customs Service to generate N4trn every year, it is possible but the agency must be adequately funded. There must be proper monitoring of its activities and operations. Also, the government has to change the leadership of the NCS. Government should look for a well-trained professional who would be able to deliver. A soldier cannot do the job at all. No soldier can deliver the task of generating revenue at the NCS.