Nigeria Custom Service Salary

Nigerian Customs Services is one of the best agencies in Nigeria that is working under the Nigerian Ministry of Finance. They are responsible for the collection of customs revenues. Since the new salary scale was launched for Nigerian customs officers by the federal government in 2007, there has been much more debate on the salary structure of Nigerian customs services employees.

Organization Name:	Custom Officers
Monthly Salary Range:	₦64166 – ₦239166
Average Monthly Salary:	₦151666
Organization Description:	Custom officers get the customs revenues and carry out various security and anti-smuggling activities in the country.
Minimum Qualification:	NECO, GCE, NCE, ND, HND, or BSC, depending on the particular seat they are applying for.

If you are interested in finding out Nigeria’s custom services employee salary in 2023, you are here at the right place. Here, we are concluding the overview of Nigeria Customs Services’ salary structure, the features it depends on, professional responsibilities, bonuses, and extras that you might get as an employee of Nigeria Customs Services. Let’s look at the details of the salary below.

Overview Of Nigeria Custom Service

The average salary of the employees working under the Nigerian Customs Services agency is somewhere about ₦ 151,666. There are various customs officers that are working in this agency, and all of them have different positions and ranks, due to which they have different salaries. Following are the details of the wages, extra allowances, and bonuses that they get and what are their professional responsibilities as a worker in a Nigerian customs services agency.

Extras

There are several allowances that are provided by the Nigerian Customs Service agency to their employees, but make sure they are not for every person working in the office and are only for those who are in need or who are at a certain rank. The basic Nigerian custom service allowances include;

• Utility allowance
• Hazard allowance
• House maintenance allowance
• General services allowance
• Torchlight allowance
• Uniform maintenance allowance
• Detective allowance
• Plain cloth allowance
• Furniture allowance
• Hardiness allowance
• Personal servant

Salary Structure

Following is the list of minimum and maximum annual salaries that are earned by customs officers working under the Nigerian Customs Services Agency. Focus on the details below that tell you about the officers and their relevant wages so you can have an idea about how much an employee in NCS can earn.

• Customs Assistant – ₦ 770,000 – ₦ 680,000
• Assistant Inspector of Customs – ₦ 870,000 – ₦ 780,000
• Inspector of Customs – ₦ 970,000 – ₦ 880,000
• Assistant Superintendent of Customs I – ₦ 1,070,000 – ₦ 980,000
• Deputy Superintendent Customs Officer – ₦ 1,270,000 – ₦ 1,180,000
• Chief Superintendent Customs Officer – ₦ 1,370,000 – ₦ 1,280,000
• Assistant Comptroller – ₦ 1,570,000 – ₦ 1,480,000
• Deputy Comptroller – ₦ 1,770,000 – ₦ 1,580,000
• Comptroller – ₦2,070,000 – ₦ 1,880,000
• Assistant Comptroller-Generals – ₦ 2,470,000 – ₦ 2,280,000
• Deputy Comptroller-Generals – ₦ 2,570,000 – ₦ 2,480,000
• Comptroller-General – ₦ 2,870,000 – ₦ 2,500,000

Professional Responsibilities

Following is the list of key responsibilities of the employees working in Nigeria’s customs services. Look at the duties mentioned below so you can have an idea what are the professional responsibilities of NCS employees.

• Nigerian custom services employers are responsible for collecting the custom revenue amounts, for example, Texas levies, import, and excise duties.
• They are also responsible for carrying out various anti-smuggling and security activities.
• Nigerian custom services employers are responsible for generating stats for planning purposes. They also create stats for budgetary purposes.
• They monitor foreign exchange utilization.
• They are also involved in planning, researching, and enforcement of fiscal policies of the federal government in Nigeria.
• They are also responsible for the registration and licensing of custom agents.
• The employees working under the Nigerian Customs Service work in collaboration with various other agencies of government.