B’Odogwu: Customs Generates N120bn in 3 months – CGC

The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi on Monday disclosed that the service raked in N120 billion in three months during the three months pre-launch of B-Odogwu.

B-Odogwu, is a new unified customs management system introduced by the Service in October 2024. The pre-launch of the pilot phase started at the Port & Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML), Lagos.

The CGC said that during the pre-launch, a total of 16,000 declarations were made by the trading community, adding that the system is paperless, faster and more efficient than the Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System (NISIS) introduced some decades ago.

Adeniyi revealed that the contracts of those who were managing the customs server expired about 10 to 15 years ago and that they did everything to frustrate the smooth take off of B-Odogwu.

He explained that though some glitches were noticed during the three months when the software was earlier launched at PTML, a good number of the glitches have since been taken care of by the Customs technical team.

He said: “2025 is indeed a year of history for us, because we have reached a very critical juncture in our operations, and it necessitates that we need to move forward with the kind of modernisation initiative that we have embarked upon.”