President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the growing continental recognition of Nigeria’s customs modernisation programme and commended the selection of a subsidiary of Nigerian-owned Bergmans Security Consultant and Supplies Limited for a 20-year, multi-billion-dollar AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project. Another Bergmans subsidiary, Trade Modernisation Project Limited, is implementing Nigeria’s homegrown customs modernisation programme. AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene, while in Abuja for the agreement, also visited the Nigeria Customs Service headquarters to see the Nigerian programme in operation. Members of the Senate Committee on Customs, led by Senator Jibrin Isah, joined the visit at the conclusion of their two-day retreat on Customs modernisation and reforms. B’Odogwu, first piloted in October 2024, has become central to Customs modernisation in Nigeria alongside cargo tracking, data infrastructure, surveillance, risk management and non-intrusive inspection.