The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has pledged the support of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for the realisation of Nigeria’s $1 trillion economy target.
CGC Adeniyi made the pledge while delivering a keynote address at the New Nigeria Festival at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Conference Hall, Abuja, on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
He stressed the need for institutions to translate national aspirations into concrete, measurable results, saying the economic target was achievable if the plans and strategies developed to achieve it were properly implemented.
Adeniyi stated that Customs had moved beyond ideas and discussions to taking practical steps in support of the national economic ambition, citing the Service’s ongoing Modernisation Reforms, including the deployment of B’Odogwu, the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme, and the Advance Ruling mechanism.
He described the initiatives as designed to facilitate legitimate trade, improve predictability in the trading environment, and ultimately strengthen revenue generation.
“Execution is nothing if it is not concrete. We have to move from ideas to action and ensure that whatever we plan translates into results. That is how we can begin to see the kind of transformation we are talking about,” the CGC said.
Adeniyi emphasised that the responsibility for achieving the $1 trillion economy could not rest solely on government agencies, noting that the target required the collective commitment of institutions, businesses, and citizens.
He explained that the NCS, by virtue of its responsibilities in revenue collection, trade facilitation, and border management, remained strategically positioned to contribute to the country’s economic transformation.
He further called for a shift from rhetoric to implementation, reiterating that the country’s economic ambition could be achieved only when institutions and citizens alike took ownership of their responsibilities and turned plans into practical, measurable action.
