The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has recorded its highest revenue performance since inception, generating a total of ₦15.6 billion in 2025 and achieving a historic monthly collection of over ₦3.6 billion in December alone.
According to the Command, revenue collection for December 2025 stood at ₦3,628,485,590, the highest monthly figure ever recorded by the Seme Command. The performance was attributed largely to the effective implementation of the One-Stop Shop (OSS) initiative introduced by the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, aimed at improving coordination, trade facilitation and compliance among stakeholders.
Cumulatively, the Command generated ₦15,598,945,794 between January and December 2025, representing a 117 per cent increase compared to the ₦7.16 billion collected in 2024.
Beyond revenue generation, the Command also recorded notable achievements in community engagement and social responsibility. On November 11, 2025, Seme Command hosted the launch of the Green Border Initiative by the National President of the Customs Officers Wives Association (COWA), Mrs. Kikelomo Adeniyi. The programme featured an empowerment scheme for members of the COWA Seme Chapter, including the distribution of industrial sewing machines, grinding machines, gas burners with cylinders and start-up grants.
On the same day, the Comptroller General of Customs, launched a free medical outreach under the Customs Cares Initiative, providing healthcare services to over 1,000 beneficiaries. The event also included a tree-planting exercise to promote environmental sustainability.
In line with directives from the Comptroller General, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Wale Adenuga, also reduced checkpoints along the Lagos–Abidjan corridor to the two locations approved by the federal government. The measure, according to the Command, has eased the movement of legitimate trade, reduced delays and contributed significantly to improved revenue performance.
On the enforcement front, the Command sustained intensive anti-smuggling operations. In December 2025 alone, officers seized 685 parcels of cannabis sativa (marijuana), 495 packs of tramadol and 2,000 packs of Super Power Sildenafil tablets (300mg), described as an excessively high-dosage sexual enhancement drug. The seizures were made through intelligence-led operations, enhanced patrols, risk profiling and inter-agency collaboration.
Adenuga warned smugglers that the Seme border corridor is no longer conducive for illicit activities, stressing that the Command would continue to deploy advanced intelligence, technology and strict enforcement to intercept and prosecute offenders. He urged them to abandon illegal trade or face the full weight of the law.
He, however, assured compliant traders and stakeholders of a safe, efficient and business-friendly Seme corridor, with streamlined processes and reduced delays to support legitimate cross-border commerce and economic growth.
The Customs Area Controller expressed appreciation to the Comptroller General of Customs and the Service’s management for their support and leadership. He also commended officers and men of the Command, stakeholders, sister agencies, security forces, the media, and traditional and community leaders for their cooperation, while pledging even greater achievements for the Command in 2026.