The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Seme Area Command, has recorded its highest revenue performance since inception, generating over ₦15.5 billion in 2025.
Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Wale Adenuga, explained that in December 2025 alone, the Command posted a record ₦3.62 billion, the highest monthly revenue ever achieved.
According to him, the surge was attributed to the effective implementation of the One-Stop Shop (OSS) initiative introduced by the Comptroller-General of Customs, which has strengthened coordination and improved trade facilitation for stakeholders.
Cumulatively, from January to December 2025, the Command generated ₦15.59 billion, representing a 117 per cent increase compared with the ₦7.16 billion recorded in 2024.
Beyond revenue generation, the Command also intensified community engagement and social responsibility initiatives. On November 11, 2025, it hosted the launch of the Green Border Initiative by the National President of the Customs Officers’ Wives Association, COWA, Mrs. Kikelomo Adeniyi.
The event featured an empowerment programme that provided industrial sewing machines, grinding machines, gas burners with cylinders, and start-up grants to members of the COWA Seme Chapter.
On the same day, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, also launched a free medical outreach under the Customs Cares Initiative, offering healthcare services to over 1,000 beneficiaries, alongside a tree-planting exercise to promote environmental sustainability.
In line with federal directives, Adenuga reduced checkpoints along the Lagos-Abidjan corridor to two approved locations, easing legitimate trade, minimising delays, and contributing significantly to the Command’s revenue growth.
The Command also sustained its anti-smuggling operations. In December 2025, officers seized 685 parcels of Cannabis sativa (marijuana), 495 packs of Tramadol, and 2,000 packs of Super Power Sildenafil tablets, an excessively high-dosage sexual enhancement drug. The seizures were made through intelligence-led operations, enhanced patrols, risk profiling, and inter-agency collaboration.
Comptroller Adenuga warned smugglers that the Seme border is no longer safe for illicit activities, stressing that offenders will be intercepted and prosecuted. He, however, assured legitimate traders and compliant stakeholders of a secure and efficient corridor that supports cross-border trade and economic growth.
The Customs Area Controller expressed appreciation to the Comptroller-General of Customs and the Service’s management for their support, while commending officers, stakeholders, security agencies, the media, and community leaders for their contributions.
He pledged even greater achievements for the Command in 2026.
