Daniyan Says PTML Made Huge Success of B’Odogwu Trail Scheme

…Collects ₦189.5b Q1, Records ₦5.6b Daily Collection

BY FUNMI ALUKO

The Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service  (NCS) has declared a collection of ₦189,516,818,316.92k from November 2024 to mid April 2025, using the Unified Customs Management System also known as B’Odogwu.

Customs Area Controller (CAC) ,Comptroller Tenny 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 history, the Command PRO, SC Abdullahi Tsafe Abubakar, disclosed in a statement on behalf of the CAC.

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.

He said 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 Europe vessels coming to PTML, the port is now receiving ships from China to expand the frontiers of trade and prospect of higher revenue from increased economic activities.

“Working in line with Time Release Study (TRS) for faster cargo clearance, we are urging all our port users to make sincere declaration 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 , under valuation and 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 PTML Customs helmsman also said the command is ready for higher volume of trade including the handling of imported pharmaceutical products which was recently approved by the management of the service.