The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it generated a total revenue of ₦81,875,361,828.95 between January and October 2026, representing a 5.3 per cent increase over the amount recorded during the corresponding period in 2025.
The Command‘s Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Customs I Abdulmalik A. Akintola disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, noting that the revenue performance highlights the Command’s commitment to effective revenue collection, operational efficiency, and the discharge of its statutory responsibilities.
The Acting Customs Area Controller of the Command, Deputy Comptroller of Customs Wale Moses Adewole, attributed the achievement largely to the diligence, professionalism, and dedication of officers and men deployed to various excise factories across the Command.
DC Adewole stated that their commitment, vigilance, and effective supervision of excise activities had contributed significantly to strengthening the Command’s revenue generation capacity.
He also expressed appreciation to the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, and members of the Nigeria Customs Service Management Team for their visionary leadership, strategic direction, and continued institutional support.
He particularly commended the innovative policies, operational reforms, and management initiatives introduced under the leadership of the Comptroller-General, affirming that the interventions had enhanced operational efficiency, strengthened revenue monitoring, and improved revenue performance across various Commands of the Service.
The Acting CAC further stressed the importance of collaboration, accountability, and sustained stakeholder engagement in consolidating the Command‘s revenue achievements.
Adewole emphasised that effective cooperation with relevant stakeholders, alongside strict adherence to existing regulations, remains critical to sustaining the positive revenue trajectory.
He reaffirmed the Command‘s commitment to building on the achievement through intensified monitoring of excise activities, improved operational efficiency, and the promotion of voluntary compliance among stakeholders.
The Oyo/Osun Area Command, he assured, would continue to support the NCS’s core mandates of revenue generation, trade facilitation, and suppression of smuggling in the advancement of national economic development.
