ZAINAB JUNAID
In line with the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi’s vision to strengthening partnership with active stakeholders in the industry, the Customs Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu PhD has scheduled a visit to the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) Headquarters on Tuesday, 1 July 2025.
This is contained in a statement signed by Secretary General of NAGAFF, Fwdr. Godfrey Emeka Nwosu on Saturday.
According to the statement, the visit is in accordance with the CGC and his management team’s effort to ensure peace and industrial harmony in the Nigeria Customs Ports and Borders.
It aimed at discussing ongoing Modernization efforts to make customs ports and borders more friendly, competitive, efficient and revenue oriented.
The statement reads, “In furtherance to the effort of the comptroller General of Customs and his management team to ensure peace and industrial harmony in the Nigeria customs ports and borders, strategic officers of the Service have taken responsibility to drive home the process.
“To this end, the leadership of the Premier Port have taken responsibility to actualise the objective.
“In view of this development, the Controller of Apapa Port Command shall be visiting NAGAFF Headquarters to confer with the leadership and members of NAGAFF with a view to carrying along the critical stakeholders.
“It is on record that the ongoing customs modernization is targeted towards ensuring that the customs ports and borders are made to be most friendly, competitive, efficient and revenue oriented.
“It is also expected to stem down smuggling activities, facilitate trade and ensure e commerce application in the customs ports and borders @ B’odogwu indigenous revolution”.
Fwdr. Godfrey Emeka Nwosu, enjoined all young freight forwarders, members of the board, national executives officers western zone, and other stakeholders including the media to be seated before 12 noon.
