Customs pledges full backing for Nigeria’s $1tn economy goal

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has assured that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will fully support the country’s drive to build a $1 trillion economy, urging public institutions to turn national ambitions into measurable results.
Adeniyi gave the assurance on Tuesday, October 6, in a keynote address at the New Nigeria Festival held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Conference Hall, Abuja.
He said the target was within reach if the strategies designed to achieve it were properly implemented.
According to him, the Service has moved past talk to concrete action. He pointed to its ongoing Modernisation Reforms, including the deployment of B’Odogwu, the Authorised Econom...