Samson Echenim 
The Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited PTML) Command of Nigeria Customs Service has declared a revenue collection of ₦189.51 billion from November 2024 to mid April 2025 using the Unified Customs Management System also known as B’Odogwu
The PTML Customs Command is the pilot command for B’Odogwu, an indigenous international trade platform developed in Nigeria and customised for the Nigeria Customs.
Briefing newsmen in his office in Apapa, Lagos, Customs Area Controller, Tenny Mankini Daniyan described the platform as a top notch technology defying it’s 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 ₦5.61 billion which stands out as the highest daily collection ever made in its over two decades 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 ₦90.2 billion which is 38.8% higher than the ₦66.92 billion 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 it’s 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 CAC 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
