Adewale Adeniyi Transforming Nigeria Customs Service For Greater Efficiency

Adewale Adeniyi Transforming Nigeria customs service for Greater Efficiency. The appointment of Adewale Adeniyi as the 31st Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has ushered in a wave of transformative reforms, enhancing efficiency and service delivery within the agency.

Modernizing the Customs Service

Under Adeniyi’s leadership, the NCS has implemented innovative strategies that have not only streamlined trade facilitation but also significantly boosted revenue generation.

These reforms have reinforced the service’s role as a critical player in economic growth, international trade, and border security.

Legislative Overhaul: A New Legal Framework

One of the major milestones achieved during Adeniyi’s tenure is the Nigeria Customs Act 2023, signed into law on April 20, 2023. This law replaces outdated customs regulations, ensuring a modernized, autonomous, and internationally compliant customs administration under the supervision of the Minister of Finance.

Strategic Reforms for Efficiency

Adeniyi introduced several key reforms aimed at improving trade processes and customs operations:

Time Release Study (TRS): This tool, developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO), helps identify delays in the clearance of goods, allowing for more efficient trade processing.

Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Program: Recognizing compliant businesses in international trade, this initiative strengthens the supply chain and improves security.

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Customs Trade Modernization Project (TMP): Launched in 2022, this project is expected to generate $250 billion in revenue and create employment opportunities as the NCS expands its workforce.

Boosting Revenue and Trade Facilitation

Adeniyi’s reforms have led to record-breaking revenue collection, with the NCS generating over N5 trillion in 2024 and setting an ambitious target of N6 trillion for 2025.

Through strategic stakeholder engagement, legal modernization, and cutting-edge trade facilitation measures, the Nigeria Customs Service is now better positioned to drive economic growth, enhance security, and improve global trade efficiency.

EFCC: 32 Internet Fraudsters Jailed In Ibadan

EFCC: 32 internet fraudsters jailed in Ibadan. The Oyo State High Court and Federal High Court in Ibadan have convicted and sentenced 32 individuals for internet-related fraud. Justices Ladiran Akintola, O.S. Adeyemi, K.B. Olawoyin, G.A. Sunmonu, and Nkeonye Maha handed down various sentences after the convicts pleaded guilty to charges of impersonation and cybercrime.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Directorate, prosecuted the offenders on separate one-count charges. Sentences ranged from community service to prison terms, with some convicts given the option of fines.

Among the penalties:
– Some convicts received up to **two years in prison or were ordered to pay fines ranging from ₦30,000 to ₦500,000.
– Others were sentenced to community service without an option of fine.
– One convict, Adedara Ademola Ayobami, was ordered to refund ₦2.5 million to his victim.

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Additionally, the court ordered the forfeiture of various assets recovered from the convicts to the federal government. These included money, phones, laptops, and several vehicles, such as Toyota Camry and Toyota Corolla cars.

Wike: “An Ijaw Man Was Made Governor Out Of Our Benevolence, They Are Minority”

Wike: “An Ijaw man was made Governor out of our benevolence, they are minority”. “When law speaks, all this asawana will die. And the law has spoken, let me tell you something and people should have that rights.

I jaw does not constitute the majority of the Nigerian Delta. People must speak out the truth, heaven will not fall, we only die once not two times. Ijaw does not constitute majority of the Nigerian Delta, what nonsense everyday you wake up, Ijaw will do this.”

An Ijaw Man

“In Akwa Ibom, Ijaw cannot be Governor, in Delta, Ijaw is the minority of the minority, with all due respect to our late elder statesman, Pa Edwin Clark, he has never produced Ijaw man to be Governor, he has never. The only place an Ijaw man can solely be Governor is in Bayelsa State.

Not in Edo, not in Rivers where they are minority of the minority. it is out of our benevolence, live and let live, we picked an Ijaw man to be Governor.”