South II Customs Sector raises over 138 billion FCFA within five months.

It brought together heads of departments and affiliated units under the sector.

Chaired by the Chief of Sector, Assengue Armelle, the meeting was intended to review of the sector’s statistics and performance regarding budget revenue and litigation as well as map out strategy to achieve the targets set by the Directorate-General of Customs for June 2026. 

In her remarks, the Head of the South II Customs Sector revealed that the sector injected the sum of 23,767,099,491 FCFA to national customs revenue in the month of May 2026. The figure, she pointed, is in spite of the four public holidays and celebrations marking the 54th National Unity Day. 

She added that the amount generated in May raises the total amount of revenue mobilized so far this year now amount to 138,147,443,591 FCFA. 

While commending the efforts of collaborators, she said all attention must now be turned towards meeting the objectives of the month of June and second half of 2026. 

Assengue urged her collaborators to reflect on approaches towards consolidating the achievements and drafting new strategies for a successful second half of the year for the South II Customs Sector. 

After hours of deep reflection, the officials adopted resolutions geared towards increasing the volume of activities through facilitation, smooth running of operations and, consequently, revenue mobilization.

To improve governance and professional ethics, it was recommended that 

discipline and the fight against corruption must be instilled amongst personnel. 

It was also discussed that dialogue and collaboration with port partners and economic operators be strengthen as well as mechanisms to combat fraud and smuggling.

This article was first published in The Guardian Post No 3820 Wednesday, June 17, 2026