November 9, 2025ll
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has announced a record-breaking best monthly performance by its Port Harcourt Area 1 Command, which collected ₦33.753 billion in October, the highest in the Command’s history, thereby boosting Nigeria’s non-oil revenue drive.
According to the command, Comptroller Salamat Atuluku, the amount represented a remarkable 272 per cent increase over the ₦9.079 billion collected in the corresponding month of 2024.
In a statement released over the weekend, the service, said it also marks a key milestone in the Federal Government’s ongoing efforts to enhance domestic revenue mobilisation and fiscal sustainability.
Data released by the service, showed that the cumulative revenue from January to October 2025 stood at ₦247.461 billion, up from ₦164.080 billion recorded during the same period last year, a growth rate of 51 percent. The Command has already surpassed its annual target of ₦216 billion by over ₦31 billion, just ten months into the year with this performance.
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Comptroller Atuluku attributed the outstanding results to reforms within the Service, the deployment of digital technologies that enhance transparency and accountability as well as improved operational discipline.
“This achievement is not accidental,” she stated. “It is the result of strategic leadership, renewed discipline, and the unwavering dedication of our officers and men. Through teamwork and innovation, we have blocked leakages, promoted legitimate trade, and contributed significantly to national development.”
According to the service, a major innovation driving this success is the Unified Customs Management System, also known as Odogwu, a homegrown digital platform that tracks and analyses revenue processes in real time.
The system, it said, has strengthened revenue assurance, improved data integrity, and minimised manual errors aligning with the NCS’s broader digital transformation agenda.
Atuluku commended the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, for his leadership and support, noting that reforms under his administration have strengthened operational capacity across Commands nationwide.
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She also highlighted the importance of collaboration between Customs, port operators, shipping companies, and other government agencies, emphasising that enhanced stakeholder relations have improved trade facilitation, compliance, and efficiency.
“When we talk about revenue, we are not merely speaking of statistics,” she said. “We are talking about the resources that power our roads, schools, hospitals, and security infrastructure. That is why we take our mandate very seriously.”
The Comptroller pledged that the Port Harcourt Area I Command would sustain its performance through intelligence-driven enforcement, continuous staff capacity building, and expanded deployment of automation tools to curb smuggling and revenue leakages.
