Story by Dili Utomi.
The Ports Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service under the leadership of Comptroller Joseph Anani has achieved remarkable feats in the pursuance of the core mandates of the Service.
The Command which largely handles the roll-in roll-out (RoRo) vehicles and was used as a pilot area for the implementation of the B’Odogwu system of operation in the Service has seemingly continued to keep faith with its primary policies.
In his maiden press briefing since assuming office over a month ago, Comptroller Anani showcased some of the Command’s recent seizures as he detailed their performance this year.
Comptroller Joe Anani announced the sum of ₦350,347,173,787.92 from January to September, 2025 as revenue collected in the first nine months of the year. He noted that the figure is 96.64% and almost equal of the ₦362,521,085,250.98 that was collected by the Command from January to December, 2024.
The Command also intercepted a 1X20FT container with marks and number GCNU_:/01£1275880 falsely declared as supermarket items but upon 100% examination was found to contain pharmaceutical drugs.
The CAC also revealed that for third quarter, 2025, the Command recorded a total of ₦116,243,603,670.58 revenue which is 34.3 percent higher than the ₦86,584,012,733.43 that was collected during the third quarter of 2024.
A comparative analysis of the Command’s revenue performance in the last quarter shows that the command has maintained a steady increase in collection and this is happening despite the teething challenges of the B’Odogwu platform which the Command is fast overcoming.
Speaking on anti smuggling, the CAC said that two containers of unregistered medicines that were intercepted include: one (1) WE Tactical made in Taiwan Airsoft pistol, Two (2) magazines and 12 rounds of live ammunitions, 1x40ft container with marks and number ACLU9806850 falsely declared as magnetic resonance imaging apparatus but upon 100% examination found to contain 6,262 cartons of antibiotics of various brands.
The seized medicaments were handed over to the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) as represented by Dr Olakunle Olaniran Director, Port Inspectorate Division of the Agency. When receiving the seizures, he thanked the NCS for their life saving enforcement drive.
He commended the memorandum of understanding between the Customs and NAFDAC as a working pact while urging Nigerians to patronise only registered pharmaceutical vendors.
The NAFDAC Director also praised Comptroller Anani for supporting NAFDAC in it’s duty to safeguard Nigerian lives by ensuring such prohibited medicines including hypertension drugs and other prescription medications without NAFDAC Numbers are not allowed into the country.
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