US EditionHow Tinubu's Reforms Pushed Customs Revenue to N1.3tn in Q1 2025
- The Nigeria Customs Service collected N1.3 trillion in revenue in the first quarter of 2025, marking an unprecedented increase at Nigerian ports and borders.
- This surge follows President Bola Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda reforms, which included intensified anti-smuggling operations and digitisation of customs processes.
- Customs deployed surveillance drones, port intelligence, and a Single Window system that slashed clearance times from 21 days to 7–10 days for compliant importers and streamlined export procedures.
- Comptroller-General Adeniyi revealed that efforts to seal systemic revenue leakages have progressed, resulting in the recovery of more than N64 billion from previously undervalued imports within a nine-month period.
- These reforms more than doubled Q1 revenue compared to 2023 despite lower import volumes, implying lasting improvements in efficiency and fraud reduction within customs operations.
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How Tinubu's reforms pushed customs revenue to N1.3tn in Q1 2025
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How Tinubu’s reforms pushed customs revenue to N1.3tn in Q1 2025
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has said the service recorded an unprecedented revenue of N1.3 trillion in the first quarter of 2025 due to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reforms. Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi attributed this remarkable growth to transformative reforms under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, as revealed in an upcoming State House documentary marking the President’…
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