Customs CGC Signs Anti-Corruption Documents, Orders Nationwide Implementation

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has signed three key anti-corruption documents and directed their immediate implementation across all commands, zones and units of the Service.

The documents, according to the NCS, are the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Conducting Internal Corruption Risk Analysis and Mapping (ICRAM), the ICRAM Handbook and the Integrity Action Plan.

Adeniyi signed the documents on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at the NCS headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, where he also formally activated the ICRAM Steering Committee to oversee the implementation of the framework across the Service.

The initiative is designed to provide a systematic approach for identifying, assessing and mapping corruption risks within the Customs Service’s operational and administrative processes.

Speaking during the ceremony, Adeniyi said the documents were developed through collaboration between an internal NCS team, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and other Customs administrations, including His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

He said the initiative was aimed at ensuring that integrity remained central to Customs operations.

“These two documents are products of a painstaking process which we have undertaken with efforts from an internal team working together with our partners from the WCO and a number of other Customs administrations that have walked this path with us to ensure that we have a Service where integrity leads,” Adeniyi said.

The Customs boss said the documents would serve as practical tools for officers working at ports, borders and airports to identify corruption risks within their areas of responsibility and implement measures to address them.

“We want to believe that we have laid a practical step, very easy to follow, for all our operatives at the ports, the borders, and the airports, to be able to conduct corruption risk mapping in their places, giving them the opportunity and capacity to implement the action plan to instil integrity in our system,” he added.

Earlier, the Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of the Strategic Research and Policy Department, Nafi’u Isyaku, led senior Customs officers in presenting the documents and sought approval for their full implementation across the Service.

Before the formal launch, the ICRAM methodology had been piloted in seven commands and units, covering 66 processes across regulatory, core Customs and support functions.

The pilot covered the Apapa Area Command under the sea modality; Murtala Muhammed Cargo (MMAC) and Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Commands under the air modality; Seme Area Command under the land modality; as well as the Customs Police Unit Zone A, PAAR Ruling Centre and Procurement Unit.

The pilot exercise resulted in an Integrity Action Plan containing 101 action items and 295 sub-action items.

The identified measures include greater automation, stronger supervision and accountability, improved audit trails and traceability, clearer segregation of duties, regular staff rotation, targeted training and stronger controls in interactions between officers and stakeholders.

The NCS said the nationwide implementation of the framework would strengthen its institutional mechanisms for detecting and addressing corruption risks while promoting transparency and integrity across its operations.