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Customs PTML command Achieves N5.6bn Daily Revenue From B’Odogwu
By Babatunde Aremu
The Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited PTML) Command of Nigeria Customs Service has declared a collection of N189.5 billion from November 2024 to mid-April 2025 using the Unified Customs Management System also known as B’Odogwu.
Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Tenny Mankini Daniyan, who said this at the first quarter briefing with senior officers and sectional heads, described the platform as a top-notch technology defying its initial teething challenges to become a part of the service success in revenue collection and trade facilitation.
The command also made history on April 14, 2025 when it collected ₦5,612,887,374.99 which stands out as the highest daily collection ever made in its over two decades of history
Comptroller Daniyan, who attributed the successes of the command to the visionary and focused leadership of Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, said the 2025 first quarter collection indicates the sustained positive trajectory championed by the management of the service.
From January to March 2025, the command collected ₦90,204,703,451.72 which is 38.8% higher than the ₦66,920,181,586.30 collected same period of 2024.
According to the CAC, the success of the B’Odogwu application in PTML, being the pilot phase area, is responsible for the CGC’s approval of its simultaneous spread and full deployment across various commands.
On trade facilitation, he said “The command holds the number one record of fastest cargo clearance time of two hours for compliant RoRo consignments and we are committed to improving on this by making the time shorter
” In addition to European vessels coming to PTML, the port is now receiving ships from China to expand the frontiers of trade and the prospect of higher revenue from increased economic activities
“Working in line with the Time Release Study (TRS) for faster cargo clearance, we are urging all our port users to make sincere declarations and stay compliant as those are the bedrock to enjoy more benefits in trade. Anyone who fails to make sincere declaration forfeits the benefits of faster clearance ” he said
He reiterated the command’s uncompromising disposition towards smuggling either as concealment, under declaration, undervaluation or outright false declaration disclosing that our officers are trained and prepared to detect such infractions for seizure and possible arrest of persons suspected to be behind such acts
The CAC also said the command is ready for a higher volume of trade, including the handling of imported pharmaceutical products, which was recently approved by the management of the service.