CGC Adeniyi Reaffirms Customs’ Support for Nigeria’s $1tn Economy Target

.Tasks Institutions, Citizens to Turn Plans Into Practical Measurable Actions

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Adewale Adeniyi has reaffirmed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) support for the realisation of the country’s ambition to build a $1trillion economy.

Adeniyi made this known on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, while delivering a keynote address at the New Nigeria Festival held in Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Conference Hall, Abuja, stressing the need for institutions to translate national aspirations into concrete, measurable results.

He said the economic target is achievable if there is proper implementation for the plans and strategies developed to actualise the goal.

To him, Customs had moved beyond ideas and discussions to taking practical steps in support of the national economic ambition.

He cited the Service’s ongoing Modernisation Reforms, including the deployment of B’Odogwu, the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme and the Advance Ruling mechanism, as initiatives 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,” he said.

Adeniyi stressed 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 said the Customs Service, by virtue of its responsibilities in revenue collection, trade facilitation and border management, remained strategically positioned to contribute to the country’s economic transformation.

CGC Adeniyi therefore called for a shift from rhetoric to implementation, stressing 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.