Apapa Customs Command Collects #161bn in Three Weeks via B’Odogwu Platform.

Apapa Customs Command Collects #161bn in Three weeks via B’Odogwu Platform.

… Olomu Reassures of Improvement.

By Joe Njoku,
Global Freight News.

The Customs Area Controller Apapa Premier Port Command, Comptroller (Dr) Babatunde Olomu has given reassurances that the Unified Customs Management System, known as B’Odogwu will pick up and surpass user expectations soon as he announced a collection of #161,258,483,474.63 within three weeks.

Comptroller Olomu who stated this following series of intense stakeholders engagement championed by the CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, said there are prospects of Improvement in the B’Odogwu system.

While commending particularly those stakeholders for their patience and understanding with the Service particularly those in Apapa Customs Command, Olomu disclosed that between August 1 and 22,2025, the Command collected #161,258,483,474.63 via the B’Odogwu system.

Olomu expressed optimism in the capability of the B’Odogwu platform facilitating more trade than previous ICT systems hitherto deployed by the NCS and that the stakeholders patience will not be in vain. Furthermore, he stated the dedicated ICT department of the service has been working round the clock to achieve permanent solution to the impasse.

He described the Apapa Premier Port Command as a critical and strategic area for the realisation of the NCS goal, Olomu said that the CGC has initiated and sustained dialogue with the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council with a view to ameliorate the effects of recent downtime experienced in the course of their transactions.

Olomu said that the stakeholders’ engagements have also cascaded to the Command level with the Zonal Coordinator, ACG Charles Orbih physically present at the Apapa command to address the concerns of importers, licensed customs agents and freight forwarding companies.

According to him, “I am pleased with the maturity, patience, understanding and support we have received from our stakeholders in the past and most recent times. Their confidence in the Nigeria Customs Service ability to overcome and resolve all network glitches is not misplaced. It further underscores our shared values as patriotic Nigerians who want to see our homegrown ICT initiative thrive.”

Let me restate that the CGC is deeply concerned and persistently overseeing the solution process while interfacing with sister government agencies like the Nigerian Shippers Council to mediate the process of demurrage waivers with terminal operators and shipping companies.”

“Beyond the usual Monday to Friday work, I have directed our officers to work extra hours and weekends to fasten the process of clearing the backlog of undone jobs and reduce delays associated with conventional closing periods,” he added.