The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi has presented the service’s 2024 budget to the Senate Committee on Customs at the National Assembly.
Adeniyi, while defending the 2024 budget of 706.43 billion naira, said that attention will be on consolidating carried-over projects, increasing staff welfare by improving and motivating officers’ performance, and integrating technologies into Customs processes.
Regarding officers’ welfare, Adeniyi mentioned that officers will be encouraged in various ways to increase efficiency and improve their well-being.
He said that this would be done through awards, promotions, and payment of allowances. Additionally, the Customs boss pledges to surpass the revenue target of 5.079 trillion naira in 2024. According to him, the revenue target for 2024 is 27.75 per cent higher than the target for 2023.
