By Our Correspondent
Lagos, June 13, ’25 (TNZ) The Apapa Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has engaged key stakeholders to enhance trade facilitation and optimise cargo movement via rail.
The Public Relations officer of the command, Tunde Ayagbalo, made this known in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith, on Friday in Lagos.
Ayagbalo said the event brought together representatives of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), clearing agents, and freight forwarders, among others.
He quoted the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, as saying that the meeting was to improve logistics through multimodal transport systems.
“Recall that rail has been in operation for quite a while. So, we want to fine-tune the process to improve our trade objectives.
“A seamless trade process will benefit our stakeholders who are here today,” TheNewsZenith quotes the statement in part.
Olomu also lauded the commitment of the partners present at the meeting, describing their participation as a “confidence booster” that reinforces the shared goal of efficient cargo movement.
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Representing the NRC, the Head of Operations, Akin Oshinowo, reiterated the corporation’s longstanding cooperation with the Service.
“We have a willing partner in the Comptroller and his men, which forms part of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
“Today’s discussion aligns with the NRC’s objectives and supports the renewed hope agenda for rail transportation in Nigeria,” Olomu said.
TheNewsZenith reports that stakeholders commended the initiative. They noted the corporation’s potential to reducing cost of imports and improve the overall efficiency of cargo distribution.
The National Coordinator of the Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders, Importers & Exporters Coalition, Dr Osita Chukwu, also commended customs for the initiative.
“With what the government is doing, we hope it will extend across the entire country,” he said. (TNZ)
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