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Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has generated and remitted a sum of N 9,310,734,065.11 billion in one and half years into the federation account.
Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, on Tuesday, the customs area controller Hussaini Ahmed, said that the command generated a sum of N6.9 billion between January and December 2020 representing 86 per cent of the year annual target, “as against N2.4 billion in 2019.”
Comptroller Ahmed, who said that COVID-19 pandemic that came with lockdown, EndSARS protests and partial border closure were the reasons for not meeting the stipulated last year budget, added that placement of temporary embargo on the movement of goods and persons through the land borders nationwide was another reason.