Nigeria Customs shares update on B'Odogwu, reveals revenue has crossed N230 billion

• In 2024, the Nigeria Customs Service introduced the B'Odogwu level to automate and facilitate cargo clearance from the ports
• The bid has confirmed however overmuch gross has been made from the level successful the past 8 months of onboarding
• The archetypal cause to wide his goods connected the B'Odogwu level confirmed that the process was seamless, and eliminated needless delays associated with cargo clearance

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The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa command, fully onboarded the B’Odogwu level successful May 2025, with a committedness to chopped down cargo clearance clip to 2 hours.

This afloat adoption came aft months of utilizing the level crossed Apapa and Tin Can ports, and resolving the issues that came up.

NCS has announced that the full gross generated from the B’Odogwu level since it archetypal commenced successful October 2024 has crossed N230 billion.

The larboard entree roads person been clogged with postulation gridlock implicit the years, owed to the hold successful cargo clearance. Photo credit: NCS/Benson Ibeabuchi
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The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Ports and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command, Tenny Daniyan, disclosed this during a courtesy sojourn by the Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria (SCAN).

Nigeria Customs introduces B’Odogwu system

The B'Odogwu strategy was archetypal announced past twelvemonth and comes with features to marque cargo clearance seamless.

In December 2024, the NCS integrated 25 banks into the portal to guarantee that each payments are made done the level for enhanced transparency.

Months later, the aviator signifier commenced with the integration of the form M processing connected the portal.

Even during the aviator phase, implicit N44 cardinal was recorded successful gross successful October 2024, overmuch higher than the figures earlier then.

Daniyan explained that portion determination person been challenges on the way, much than 90% of the issues person been resolved.

He thanked the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, for adopting this exertion arsenic it has transformed Customs operations and go the pridefulness of Nigeria.

He said;

“B’Odogwu is working, and it’s moving for us; we person realised implicit N230 cardinal truthful acold connected the platform. If it is not moving for you, it means you are not doing the close thing. We convey God each the issues person been resolved. We are posting and posting precise well.”

The SUN reports that successful 2025 alone, the bid has generated astir N147.3 cardinal successful revenue, different indicator to corroborate that the B’Odogwu is moving well.

Comparing the caller level to the erstwhile Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System (NICIS), helium said that B’Odogwu is afloat Nigerian and each the issues are resolved successful Nigeria.

This saves the authorities billions of naira that were being sent to the originating state whenever issues arose with the NICIS.

With the platform, cargo tin present beryllium cleared wrong 2 hours and moved from the ports immediately. Photo credit: NCS
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NCS sends connection to agents and importers

CAC Daniyan encouraged agents and importers to beryllium compliant successful their declarations to velocity the process and debar delays. He said;

“If you are a compliant trader, you don’t person issues; we springiness you 1 hour, not adjacent 2 hours, to get your consignment. That is what we are moving towards. But we tin lone execute one-hour cargo clearance depending connected who is making the declaration.”

Speaking astatine a grooming league for the clearing agents, Daniyan urged them to enactment the automation process and inquire for assistance whenever they person challenges.

In an earlier Legit.ng report, the archetypal clearing cause to usage the platform, Mr. Olanrewaju Oyebanjo of Bedowick Nigeria Limited, praised the system’s ratio and speed.

Nigeria Customs cuts cargo clearance down to 2 hours

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Nigeria Customs Service promised that upon afloat implementation, the B'Odogwu system would assistance importers wide their goods successful hours.

Customs Area Comptroller (CAC), Tin-Can Island Command, Compt. Franklin Onyeka stated that importers would beryllium capable to determination their goods retired of the ports successful a minimum of 2 hours.

This marks a large deviation from the erstwhile situation, wherever cargo sometimes stayed months astatine the ports earlier they were cleared and moved retired of the port.

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Source: Legit.ng