Comptroller Anani Breaks Revenue Ceiling At Tin Can Customs, Nets N135.5bn In July 2026
By DAPO OLAWUNI
The Tin Can Island Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has recorded its highest monthly revenue collection for the month of July under the leadership of Comptroller Joe Anani, generating N135,588,777,000 in July 2026, surpassing its performance in the corresponding month of the previous year.
Figures obtained by DAILY TREND shows that the Command posted N116 billion in July 2025, meaning the latest collection represents an increase of over N19.5 billion over last year’s figure, a development officials attribute to intensified revenue drives and improved compliance monitoring at the Command.
Industry observers say the feat is less a statistical accident than a reflection of the administrative culture Anani has cultivated at Tin Can since taking charge of the command.
Rather than driving compliance through confrontation, he has leaned on transparency, dialogue and professional firmness, an approach that has strengthened voluntary compliance among importers, freight forwarders and shipping companies while preserving Customs’ enforcement authority.
That predictability, stakeholders note, has proved commercially valuable. Businesses have grown more confident that accurate documentation and timely compliance will be met with fair administrative treatment, while infractions attract firm but measured sanctions, a consistency that encourages higher cargo throughput and, by extension, stronger revenue performance.
Analysts within the trading community argue that sustainable revenue growth rarely comes from enforcement alone but from governance that inspires confidence, noting that efficient cargo clearance under Anani has helped expand Tin Can’s revenue base by drawing greater volumes of trade to the port rather than repelling them with bottlenecks.
That disposition, according to those familiar with his tenure, is a continuation of an administrative philosophy Anani built while heading the Port & Terminal Multi-services Limited (PTML) Command, where stakeholder engagement, operational discipline and technology-driven processes similarly defined his leadership, principles he has since adapted to the larger and more complex environment at Tin Can.
The Command’s latest revenue milestone, stakeholders say, further underscores the growing profile of Tin Can Island Port as one of the nation’s busiest maritime gateways, coming at a time when the Nigeria Customs Service continues to push for enhanced trade facilitation alongside its revenue generation mandate across the country’s ports.
