The Nigeria Customs Service has strengthened its commitment to coordinated border management, trade facilitation and regional economic integration following a high-level benchmarking mission to the Beitbridge Border Post between Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The mission brought together the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi; Director-General of Cameroon Customs, Mr Fongod Nuvaga; Director-General of Benin Customs, Mr Raouf Aboudou; Acting Commissioner of Customs and Excise in the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, Mrs Lonto Ndlovu; as well as the Chairman of Bergmans Security Consultant and Supplies Limited, Alhaji Saleh Ahmadu.
In a statement on Tuesday, the National Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Abdullahi Maiwada, explained that the event was organised with the support of the African Export-Import Bank as part of ongoing efforts to deepen intra-African trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Speaking during the session and adoption of the Joint Communiqué, Adeniyi described the mission as a strategic opportunity for
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