The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has directed the immediate implementation of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Conducting Internal Corruption Risk Analysis and Mapping (ICRAM), the ICRAM Handbook, and the Integrity Action Plan across all zones, commands, and units of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
CGC Adeniyi gave the directive on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, during a ceremony held at his office at the NCS Headquarters, Maitama, Abuja, where he signed the documents.
As part of the milestone event, the CGC also formally activated the ICRAM Steering Committee, establishing the framework for the systematic identification, assessment, and mapping of corruption risks across the Service’s operational and administrative processes.
Adeniyi stated that the documents were the outcome of a painstaking process involving an internal team, the World Customs Organisation (WCO), and partner administrations, including His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
“These two documents are products of a painstaking process which we have undertaken with efforts from an internal team working together with our partners from the WCO and a number of other Customs administrations that have walked this path with us to ensure that we have a Service where integrity leads,” he said.
He explained that the documents were developed as practical tools to enable officers at ports, borders, and airports to identify and map corruption risks within their areas of operation and implement targeted measures to eliminate them.
“We want to believe that we have laid a practical step, very easy to follow, for all our operatives at the ports, the borders, and the airports, to be able to conduct corruption risk mapping in their places, giving them the opportunity and capacity to implement the action plan to instill integrity in our system,” he added.
Earlier, the Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of the Strategic Research and Policy Department, ACG Nafi’u Isyaku, who led senior officers to present the documents, sought approval for their full rollout across the Service.
Before the formal launch, the ICRAM methodology was piloted across seven key Commands and Units, covering 66 processes across regulatory, core Customs, and support functions.
The pilot locations included the Apapa Area Command under the Sea Modality; the Murtala Muhammed Cargo (MMAC) and Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Commands under the Air Modality; and the Seme Area Command under the Land Modality.
The specialised units involved were the Customs Police Unit Zone A, PAAR Ruling Centre, and the Procurement Unit.
The pilot produced a comprehensive Integrity Action Plan (IAP) containing 101 Action Items and 295 Sub-Action Items.
The key focal areas of the plan include enhanced automation, strengthened supervision and accountability, robust audit trails and traceability, clear segregation of duties, regular staff rotation, targeted training, and improved officer-stakeholder controls.
