The Seme Space Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reported a record-breaking income haul of N15.6 billion in 2025, marking its highest annual assortment since its institution.
In keeping with Mr. Tunde Ayagbalo, the Public Relations Officer of the command, December 2025 alone contributed a historic N3.63 billion, the best month-to-month income ever recorded on the port.
This achievement represents a 117 per cent enhance in comparison with the N7.17 billion generated in 2024.
Ayagbalo attributed the expansion to the efficient rollout of the One-Cease Store (OSS) initiative by the Comptroller-Common of Customs, which streamlined commerce processes and improved coordination on the Seme hall.
“The OSS has considerably enhanced commerce facilitation, making operations smoother for respectable merchants whereas making certain compliance with regulatory requirements,” he mentioned.
Past income assortment, Seme Customs has invested in neighborhood engagement and social initiatives. On November 11, the command hosted the launch of the Inexperienced Border Initiative beneath the Customs Officers’ Wives Affiliation (COWA). The occasion featured an empowerment program that supplied industrial stitching machines, grinding machines, fuel burners, and start-up grants to members of the Seme chapter.
The identical day, the Comptroller-Common of Customs inaugurated a free medical outreach as a part of the Customs Cares Initiative, delivering healthcare companies to over 1,000 beneficiaries and organizing a tree-planting train to advertise environmental sustainability.
On the operational entrance, Seme Customs has streamlined border procedures alongside the Lagos–Abidjan hall. Comptroller Wale Adenuga, the Space Controller, decreased checkpoints to 2 official areas permitted by the Federal Authorities. The transfer has minimized delays, facilitated respectable commerce, and contributed on to the command’s document income.
Anti-smuggling efforts have remained a precedence. In December 2025 alone, officers seized 685 parcels of Hashish Sativa, 495 packs of Tramadol, and a couple of,000 packs of high-dosage Tremendous Energy Sildenafil tablets by intelligence-led operations and inter-agency collaboration.
Comptroller Adenuga warned that the Seme hall is not a protected passage for illicit actions.
“With superior intelligence, know-how, and unwavering vigilance, our officers will proceed to intercept and prosecute offenders. Respectable merchants can function in a safe and environment friendly surroundings,” he mentioned.
The Seme Space Command’s record-breaking income efficiency in 2025 represented a pointy acceleration from positive factors recorded the earlier yr. In 2025, the command generated N15.6 billion, in contrast with N7.17 billion in 2024, translating to a rise of about 117% year-on-year.
In its 2024 operational evaluation, the command had already surpassed its income goal, gathering N7,166,576,397.49, a 21.7% rise from the N5.89 billion recorded in 2023. The figures have been introduced by the then Customs Space Controller (CAC), Comptroller Kayode Kolade, through the ornament ceremony of newly promoted officers on January 26, 2024.