The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has recorded unprecedented revenue achievements in 2025, posting its highest monthly and annual collections since the command was established.
In December 2025 alone, the command generated a record ₦3.63 billion, the highest monthly revenue in its history. The achievement has been attributed to the effective implementation of the One-Stop Shop (OSS) initiative introduced by the Comptroller-General of Customs, which has enhanced coordination, efficiency, and trade facilitation among border stakeholders.
Cumulatively, between January and December 2025, the Seme Area Command generated ₦15.6 billion in revenue, representing a remarkable 117 per cent increase over the ₦7.17 billion recorded in 2024.
Beyond revenue generation, the command also made significant social and environmental interventions during the year. On November 11, 2025, it hosted the launch of the Green Border Initiative by the National President of the Customs Officers Wives Association (COWA), Mrs. Kikelomo Adeniyi. The event featured an empowerment programme during which industrial sewing machines, grinding machines, gas burners with cylinders, and start-up grants were distributed to members of the COWA Seme Chapter.
On the same day, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, PhD, launched a free medical outreach under the Customs Cares Initiative. The outreach provided essential healthcare services to over 1,000 beneficiaries and included a tree-planting exercise to promote environmental sustainability.
In line with the Comptroller-General’s directive, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Wale Adenuga, also reduced checkpoints along the Lagos–Abidjan corridor to the two locations approved by the Federal Government. The move has significantly eased the movement of legitimate trade, reduced delays, and contributed to the command’s improved revenue performance.
Meanwhile, the command sustained robust anti-smuggling operations throughout the year. In December 2025, officers seized 685 parcels of Cannabis sativa (marijuana), 495 packs of Tramadol, and 2,000 packs of Super Power Sildenafil tablets (300mg), an excessively high-dosage sexual enhancement drug. The seizures were made through intelligence-led operations, enhanced patrols, risk profiling, and inter-agency collaboration.
Comptroller Adenuga warned smugglers that the Seme border is no longer safe for illegal activities, stressing that the command has strengthened its intelligence, technology deployment, and operational vigilance to intercept and prosecute offenders. He urged smugglers to desist or face the full weight of the law.
He, however, assured legitimate traders and compliant stakeholders of a secure, efficient, and trade-friendly corridor at Seme, with streamlined processes and reduced delays to support genuine cross-border commerce and economic growth.
The Customs Area Controller expressed deep appreciation to the Comptroller-General of Customs and the NCS management for their support and leadership. He also commended officers and men of the command, stakeholders, sister agencies, security forces, the media, as well as traditional and community leaders for their cooperation, pledging even greater achievements in 2026.
The statement was signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Customs Tunde Ayagbalo, on January 7, 2026.