B’Odogwu System: Apapa Customs Increases Revenue by N161bn

The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command, has announced a collection of N161bn in revenue within three weeks via the Unified Customs Management System, also known as B’Odogwu.

The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Babatunde Olomu, disclosed this during a recent stakeholder engagement at the command, according to a statement released on Monday.

Olomu maintained that there are prospects of improvement in the B’Odogwu system even as he commended the stakeholders for their patience and understanding.

“Between August 1 and 22, 2025, the command collected N161bn using the B’Odogwu system,” Olomu explained. He expressed optimism in the capability of the B’Odogwu platform to facilitate more trade than previous ICT systems hitherto deployed by the NCS, adding that the stakeholders’ patience would not be in vain.

The Apapa Customs boss reiterated that the dedicated ICT department of the service has been working around the clock to achieve a permanent solution to the impasse.

Describing Apapa Command as a critical and strategic area for the realisation of the NCS goals, Olomu said the CGC has initiated and sustained dialogue with the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council with a view to ameliorating the effects of recent downtime experienced in the course of their transactions.

Earlier, the Zonal Coordinator in charge of Zone A of the service, Charles Orbih, addressed the concerns of importers, licensed customs agents, and freight forwarding companies.

“I am pleased with the maturity, patience, understanding, and support we have received from our stakeholders in the past and most recent times. Their confidence in the service’s ability to overcome and resolve all network glitches is not misplaced.

“It further underscores our shared values as patriotic Nigerians who want to see our homegrown ICT initiative thrive. Let me restate that the CGC is deeply concerned and persistently overseeing the solution process while interfacing with sister government agencies like the NSC to mediate the process of demurrage waivers with terminal operators and shipping companies,” Obih said.