The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, says the cost of import duty exemption certificate approvals rose to N34 trillion in 2025, describing the policy as one of the major factors limiting customs revenue generation. Adeniyi disclosed this during an investigative session of the Senate Committee on Finance with revenue-generating agencies in Abuja. He said that the government fiscal policies have continued to impact the revenue-generating capacity of the Customs Service, both positively and negatively. “The NCS would have generated significantly higher revenue over the years if not for government-approved import duty waivers and other external factors affecting collections,” he said. He noted that the Import Duty...

The Federal Government has commenced a nationwide vocational and skills acquisition programme for more than 18,000 artisans and unemployed Nigerians, with training set to begin on Tuesday at 229 accredited centres across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The initiative to promote self-employment and decrease poverty, implemented by the National Social Investment Programme Agency is a project that will provide participants with vocational skills, entrepreneurial training, and trade-specific starter packets. Speaking at the programme’s inauguration in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, said the initiative aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda of moving vulnerable Nigerians from...

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, says the cost of import duty exemption certificate approvals rose to N34 trillion in...

The Federal Government has commenced a nationwide vocational and skills acquisition programme for more than 18,000 artisans and unemployed Nigerians, with training set to...