• NCS Comptroller- General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.
“In the first half of 2025, Nigeria’s trade with other African countries reached ₦4.82 trillion—an increase of more than ₦600 billion compared with the previous year.”
This was disclosed today by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Comptroller- General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.
He presented the figure at the Customs Partnership for African Cooperation in Trade (C-PACT). It was held in Abuja.
He described the transaction as a clear signal of strengthening regional trade momentum.
Adeniyi said that within West Africa specifically, Nigeria’s exports to ECOWAS countries have climbed significantly, reflecting our growing role as a hub for intra-continental trade and value chains.
He urged the partners to embrace customs and logistics modernisation, and implement the AfCFTA framework more deliberately because the partnership is turning the gains into broader regional partnership across Africa markets.
