As Nigeria Customs Service pays attention to embracing technological advancements to enhance its activities, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, launched a two-day workshop on Geospatial techniques for the officers and men of the Service.
The program, according to the CGC, will enlighten the officers to have a practical understanding of border security, which will yield positive results in boosting Nigeria’s economy.
Adeniyi represented by Sa’idu Galadima, Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), spoke on his passion for intensifying the Service’s efficiency, leveraging technology to enhance trade and curb smuggling amongst other criminalities.
On her part, Kikelomo Adeola, the Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of ICT/Modernization, said introducing Geospatial technology training for Customs officers will enable the Service to maximize its war against smuggling.
She said, “Gone are those days when officers carry guns to scout smugglers in the bushes; that’s why we deemed it necessary to introduce this geospatial program to equip our staff with requisite experience in checkmating smuggling activities while in their offices.”
According to her, the workshop, if concluded, will enable the Service to detect all the illegal and unapproved routes made by smugglers across the border areas and also deploy intervention to thwart their nefarious activities.
“This training will go a long way in strengthening Customs’ unflinching efforts to improve trade in Nigeria, so geospatial doesn’t only give insight to our offices to mitigate smuggling through technological moonroof, but also gives accurate and timely intelligence to ensure that anti-smuggling activities are perfectly achieved” she concluded.
By Ajibola Adedoye