Nigeria’s Customs Modernisation Project has been adopted as the model for a 20-year, $3.1bn AfCFTA customs modernisation programme across about 50 member countries. August 11, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s Public-Private Partnership model has gained continental recognition after the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat adopted the country’s Customs Modernisation Project as the template for a $3.1 billion customs transformation programme across Africa. The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission said the 20-year concession, signed with Bergmans Security Consultants and Supplies Limited, the parent company of the Trade Modernisation Project, would deploy the model across about 50 AfCFTA member countries. At the centre of Nigeria’s customs transformation is B’Odogwu, a Unified Customs Management System developed under the partnership with the Trade Modernisation Project. It also said the Customs Modernisation Project had contributed to higher Customs revenue since implementation began, suggesting that PPPs could improve public finances rather than simply create infrastructure.