Senate Passes N257bn 2021 Budget for Customs
Lawan seeks increased oversight function Deji Elumoye and Udora Orizu The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N257,183,671,694.71 for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in the 2021 fiscal year. It also approved N1.678 trillion as target revenue of the agency for 2021. The approvals were sequel to the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff. Presenting the report, the Chairman of the committee, Senator Francis Alimikhena, said out of the N257,183,671,694.71 approved as Customs budget for 2021, N137,933,180,013.00 is for capital expend...