PTML Customs Declares B’Odogwu Huge Success with ₦189.5bn Revenue, ₦5.6bn Daily Collection
...Command Ready for Higher Trade Volume, Pharmaceutical Imports - Compt. Daniyan
The Ports and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of Nigeria Customs Service has declared a revenue of ₦189,516,818,316 billion from November 2024 to mid April 2025, attributing the feat to the use of Unified Customs Management System also known as B’Odogwu.
The Command also made history on April 14, 2025, when it collected ₦5,612,887,374, which stands out as the highest daily collection ever made in its over two-decade history.
Comptroller Tenny Mankini Daniyan, the Customs Area Controller, disclosed this during the Command’s first quarter briefing with newsmen as well as senior officers and sectional heads.
Comptroller Daniyan described the B’Odogwu platform as a top-notch technology, defying its initial teething challenges to become a part of the Service’s success in revenue collection and trade facilitation.
He also attributed the successes of the Command to the visionary and focused leadership of Comptroller General of Customs, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, stating that the 2025 first quarter collection indicates the sustained positive trajectory championed by the management of the NCS.
“From January to March 2025, the Command collected ₦90,204,703,451.72 which is 38.8% higher than the ₦66,920,181,586.30 collected same period of 2024. The success of the B’Odogwu application in PTML being the pilot phase area, is responsible for the CGC’s approval of its simultaneous spread and full deployment across various Commands,” the Comptroller said.
On trade facilitation, the PTML Customs boss said, “The Command holds the number one record of fastest cargo clearance time of two hours for compliant RoRo consignments and we are committed to improving on this by making the time shorter.
“In addition to Europe vessels coming to PTML, the port is now receiving ships from China to expand the frontiers of trade and prospect of higher revenue from increased economic activities.
“Working in line with Time Release Study (TRS) for faster cargo clearance, we are urging all our port users to make sincere declaration and stay compliant as those are the bedrock to enjoy more benefits in trade. Anyone who fails to make sincere declaration forfeits the benefits of faster clearance.”
Daniyan reiterated the Command’s uncompromising disposition towards smuggling either as concealment, under declaration, under valuation and outright false declaration.
The Comptroller stressed that the Command’s officers are trained and prepared to detect the infractions for seizure and possible arrest of persons suspected to be behind such acts.
He further affirmed that the Command is ready for higher volume of trade, including the handling of imported pharmaceutical products which was recently approved by the management of the Service.
