Niger Customs Don Dey Collect Big Money, But Ports Still Waka Slow

Omo, make we gist about Nigeria Customs Service wey don show strong work for 2025! Them collect N7.281 trillion, e don pass dem target like mad! Na wetin dem call synergies with technology and tighter controls wey help dem flex muscles for borders.

Comptroller-General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi no fit hide with this success, as him drop the bomb when him dey speak for International Customs Day wey happen for Abuja. Na so dem hit N6.584 trillion target plus N697 billion, wey make am dey smile from ear to ear, talk say na about 19 percent growth from 2024 wey be N6.1 trillion wey dem collect last year.

Adeniyi talk say, e no just about the money but di work dem dey do to seize bad goods wey fit spoil pipo life. Over 2,500 items dey seize across di nation, wey worth over N59 billion! Na narcotics, counterfeit drugs, wildlife, arms and ammunition, even petroleum products no escape dem!

Dem even catch serious load like 16 containers of banned goods wey dey worth over N10 billion for Apapa Port, plus 1,600 trafficked exotic birds. E be like say di Customs fit save us well from wahala if dem come catch all dis bad tin dem.

But chk am, wahala no finish, as adeniyi talk say port inefficiencies dey cost Nigeria N3 trillion every year. Di Time Release Study show say dem fit move goods, but dem no dey allow goods move quickly. One clearance stretch reach 118 days, how you wan take manage dat one na?

He talk say everybody need work together, no be only dem. Fresh strategies go come from dem as dem wan improve, adjust and collaborate with all di agencies wey dey for ground.

Chairman of di House of Representatives Committee on Customs, Leke Abejide, come yarn say dem need to make Customs part of national security matter. Na true matter make sense, dem dey catch bad boys for borders, why dem no dey involve dem for security discussions?

Abejide still whine about bureaucratic wahala wey dey affect critical import, like pharmaceuticals, dey take too long. Na true, e dey pain importers and sumbody gatz find way to tackle dat one. Dem go ask di right ministers to speed up things, and if dem fit do am well, di government go get more money wey fit help everywhere.

Na wetin dey happen for International Customs Day, wey dem take mark di role of customs globally. Dis year theme na: “Customs Protecting Society Through Vigilance and Commitment.” Na serious tin wey dey happen as di customs dey face plenty challenges for dis modern world!