The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has ordered immediate implementation of new anti-corruption measures across all zones, commands and units of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS.
Adeniyi gave the directive on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at NCS Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, after signing Standard Operating Procedure for Conducting Internal Corruption Risk Analysis and Mapping, ICRAM, ICRAM Handbook and Integrity Action Plan.
The Comptroller-General also formally activated ICRAM Steering Committee as part of efforts to establish systematic framework for identifying, assessing and mapping corruption risks across Service’s operational and administrative processes.
Adeniyi said documents were developed through collaborative process involving internal team, World Customs Organisation, WCO, and partner Customs administrations, including His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, HMRC.
“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,” he said.
He said documents were designed as practical tools to enable officers at ports, borders and airports to identify corruption risks within their areas of operation 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,” Adeniyi added.
Earlier, Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Strategic Research and Policy Department, Nafi’u Isyaku, led senior officers in presenting documents and sought approval for their full rollout across Service.
ICRAM methodology had earlier been piloted in seven key commands and units, covering 66 processes across regulatory, core Customs and support functions.
Pilot locations comprised Apapa Area Command under sea modality; Murtala Muhammed Cargo and Murtala Muhammed International Airport Commands under air modality; Seme Area Command under land modality; and Customs Police Unit Zone A, PAAR Ruling Centre and Procurement Unit as specialised units.
Exercise produced Integrity Action Plan containing 101 action items and 295 sub-action items, with key areas including increased automation, stronger supervision and accountability, improved audit trails and traceability, clear separation of duties, regular staff rotation, targeted training and better officer-stakeholder controls.
Customs leadership said rollout is intended to make corruption-risk assessment and integrity measures part of routine operations across Service.
