Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has thrown his full weight behind the country’s drive towards attaining a $1 trillion economy, stressing the need for institutional support and collaborations toward translating national aspirations into concrete, measurable results.

The Comptroller General made the commitment in Abuja, Tuesday, October 6, 2026, wen he delivered a keynote at the New Nigeria Festival, held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Conference Hall. He noted that the economic target was achievable if the plans and strategies developed to achieve it were properly implemented.

He noted that the Nigeria Customs has moved beyond ideas and discussions to taking practical steps in support of the national economic ambition. He cited the Service’s ongoing Modernisation Reforms, including the deployment of B’Odogwu, the Authorised Economic Operator AEO, programme and the Advance Ruling Mechanism, as initiatives designed to facilitate legitimate trade, improve predictability in the trading environment and ultimately strengthen revenue generation.

“Execution is nothing if it is not concrete. We have to move from ideas to action and ensure that whatever we plan translates into results. That is how we can begin to see the kind of transformation we are talking about”, he said.

According to him, the responsibility for achieving the $1 trillion economy could not rest solely on government agencies, noting that the target requires the collective commitment of institutions, businesses and citizens.

He said the Customs Service, by virtue of its responsibilities in revenue collection, trade facilitation and border management, remained strategically positioned to contribute to the country’s economic transformation.

CGC Adeniyi therefore called for a shift from rhetoric to implementation, stressing that the country’s economic ambition could be achieved only when institutions and citizens alike took ownership of their responsibilities and turned plans into practical, measurable action.