Triple Win for Compt. Olomu and Apapa Customs Command.
The Apapa Port Command of Nigeria Customs Service and its Area Controller, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, have received three prestigious awards. These awards include the Comptroller General of Customs Award for Revenue Collection and an Award of Excellence, recognizing the command’s outstanding achievements. The awards were presented at the CGC Award Night held on Friday, November 29, 2024, in Abuja.
Comptroller Olomu’s exceptional leadership has improved the command’s capacity to deliver on its mandates at Nigeria’s premier port of Apapa. The three awards acknowledge the command’s groundbreaking achievements in revenue collection, anti-smuggling, and trade facilitation.
Notably, the Apapa Command generated N2 trillion in revenue as of November 20, 2024, a remarkable feat.
Under the leadership of Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, the command raised the bar of preventing revenue leakages and achieving maximum collection, even in the face of low trade volume
The Apapa Port Command has maintained a strong work ethic through daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly evaluations. This has ensured that all officers report early, process entries promptly, conduct thorough examinations, and avoid compromising their duties.
After receiving the awards in Abuja, Comptroller Olomu dedicated the honor to all officers and men of the command. He attributed the achievements to teamwork, dedication, focus, and cooperation, emphasizing that no leader can succeed without supportive team members. Olomu called for continued support from all stakeholders as the command enters the final month of 2024.
While thanking the CGC for the honour bestowed on the command, Comptroller Olomu said as the number one Customs Officer in Nigeria, CGC Adeniyi has been a source of inspiration and good example for all officers to emulate.
He further described the award as a motivation for selflessness, call for increased commitment and a challenge to sustain and improve on the tempo of work at the command which will cascade to all bonded terminals attached to it
The Controller also urged all port users to rededicate themselves to national service by being law abiding and reporting suspected unlawful acts in the port to the service and other security agencies.
Comptroller Olomu lauded import and export traders who have used Apapa Port within the period of his leadership and implored them to operate in full compliance with the guidelines for their trade. He specifically commented exporters who pioneered export activities under the Guided Trade Initiative (GTI) of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Olomu urged more Nigerian business men and women to take advantage of the ease of doing business initiative to use Apapa Port. He invited them to tap into the simplified procedures being emplaced by the CGC under an evolving modernisation regime to trade seamlessly.
The CAC admonished officers of the command not to see the awards of The best command of the year,The best command in revenue collection and the best Customs Area Controller as the end of hard work but a motivation and challenge to work harder
He reminded them that compliance saves money, saves time, build integrity for positive profiling and helps in recognition for upgrade to the authorised economic operator (AEO) status
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