The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it is strengthening its revenue collection, trade facilitation and border control to support Nigeria’s economic growth.
The service is deploying technology and intelligence-led enforcement to reduce revenue leakages, speed up cargo clearance and tackle smuggling and illicit financial flows.
Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, in an interview with newsmen said that the reforms were designed to increase government revenue without creating unnecessary barriers for legitimate businesses.
“We removed human discretion, deployed technology, and built trust with compliant traders. When you do that, revenue will grow exponentially without hurting business,” Adeniyi said.
According to him, the NCS generated ₦3.21 trillion in 2023, ₦6.105 trillion in 2024 and ₦7.27 trillion in 2025.
The Service has a ₦11 trillion revenue target for 2026 and had already collected ₦4.043 trillion between January and June.
Adeniyi attributed the increase to automation, improved compliance, intelligence-led enforcement and reduced leakages, with systems such as the Unified Customs Management System and B’Odogwu deployed to improve operations.
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The NCS has also introduced 24-hour port operations, Advanced Ruling and the Authorised Economic Operator programme to reduce cargo clearance delays.
It is also working with security and financial agencies, including the Army, Navy, DSS, EFCC and NFIU, to combat smuggling, illicit financial flows and trade-related fraud.
Adeniyi said Customs had equally intensified efforts against wildlife trafficking, particularly the movement of pangolin scales and ivory through Nigerian ports and airports.
He however, identified port infrastructure, export facilitation and the sustainability of the reforms as key challenges.
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