“Customs, FIRS Map Out Plan to Speed Up Single Window Implementation”

The Comptroller General of Customs, Alhaji Bashir Adewale Adeniyi (MFR), and the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr. Zacch Adedeji, have sealed a stronger partnership to fast-track the Nigerian National Single Window (NSW) project.

At a high-level meeting on August 12, 2025, held at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) headquarters in Abuja, both agencies agreed on concrete steps to integrate systems, streamline trade processes, and improve transparency across Nigeria’s import and export value chain.

The NSW is a one-stop digital platform designed to connect all trade-related agencies, allowing stakeholders to submit regulatory documents through a single portal. Once operational, it promises faster cargo clearance, lower costs, better revenue tracking, and stronger inter-agency coordination.

Adeniyi called the initiative a “game changer” for Nigeria’s trade environment, while Adedeji stressed its potential to boost revenue without adding pressure on compliant taxpayers. The two leaders committed to accelerating the rollout, with clear timelines and agency alignment.

If delivered as planned, the NSW could shift Nigeria’s trade operations from cumbersome manual procedures to a seamless digital system—cutting red tape, closing revenue leakages, and lifting the country’s global trade rankings.

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