Trade Confidence Rises as Seme Command Generates ₦3.48bn in February
Author: Lucy Nyambi.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has recorded a significant boost in revenue performance, generating ₦3,480,970,924.67 in February 2026, with the month still ongoing, indicating growing trade confidence along the Seme–Krake corridor.
The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Seme Area Command, Comptroller Wale Adenuga, disclosed this when he represented the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, during an interactive stakeholders’ engagement with cross-border traders, farmers and industry players held in Badagry on Wednesday, 25 February 2026.
The meeting, organised by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission, the ECOWAS Agricultural Trade Programme and GIZ International, was themed “Empowering Cross-Border Traders through Trade Information Desk for Agricultural Traders.”
Adenuga said the figure represents a remarkable improvement over the ₦743,698,652.16 recorded in February 2025, attributing the surge largely to the Command’s seamless trade facilitation measures.
“For this February that has not yet ended, we have already generated ₦3,480,970,924.67 as against ₦743,698,652.16 revenue generated in February 2025. This clearly shows that the flow of trade is getting better and people are building greater confidence in the Seme–Krake corridor”, he stated.
The CAC stated that the significant reduction in checkpoints along the Seme–Gbaji axis is the result of sustained collaboration with other security agencies operating within the corridor, and clarified that only Agbara and Gbaji remain the officially approved and sanctioned Customs checkpoints along the Lagos–Abidjan corridor.
He further attributed the noticeable decline in crime along the axis to the positive outcomes of monthly joint border security meetings involving all agencies at the border post, noting that the engagements have strengthened cooperation, improved intelligence sharing and enhanced operational responses to security threats.
While highlighting the Command’s revenue success, he stressed that enforcement against illicit trade remains uncompromising.
Comptroller Adenuga reaffirmed the vigilance and commitment of officers of the Command to work closely with stakeholders, traders, farmers, sister security agencies and regional partners to sustain the momentum of legitimate trade while safeguarding Nigeria’s economic borders along the Lagos–Abidjan corridor.
