Ogun Customs links 266% export growth to anti-smuggling crackdown

Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Ogun I Area Command, has recorded a 266 per cent summation successful export worth for March 2026, a improvement it linked to improved commercialized facilitation and intensified anti-smuggling operations on the Idiroko borderline corridor.

The update was disclosed successful a connection shared connected the authoritative leafage of the Service, with details provided by the Command’s Public Relations Officer Deputy Superintendent of Customs Chado Zakari, connected behalf of the Acting Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller of Customs Olukayode Afeni.

According to the Command, export measurement roseate importantly to 277.8 metric tonnes with a Free connected Board worth of $383,100 successful March 2026, compared to 20 metric tonnes valued astatine $104,600 recorded successful the aforesaid play of 2025.

Afeni attributed the crisp summation to tighter borderline surveillance, improved operational efficiency, and quality driven enforcement strategies aimed astatine discouraging amerciable commercialized portion supporting morganatic exporters.

“Our dual absorption connected commercialized facilitation and enforcement has created a much conducive situation for exporters and strengthened assurance successful the system,” helium said.

He noted that sustained anti smuggling operations person helped reenforce the integrity of export processes crossed the corridor, adding that specified measures are indispensable to maintain...