Emenike Nwokeoji, National President of the Association of Nigeria License Customs Agent (ANLCA), has urged licensed Customs agents in the Eastern zone to comply with the B’Odogwu digital system, recently introduced by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
This is coming against the backdrop of concerns in the Eastern ports, comprising Calabar, Delta, Onne and Rivers, over the likely impact of the system on their operations.
B’Odogwu, an indigenous digital Customs platform, was launched by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in 2025 to modernise and streamline trade operations across Nigerian ports.
It is officially called the Unified Customs Management System (UCMS) and replaces the NICIS II system, “with a more efficient, transparent and reliable solution designed for Nigeria’s trade environment.”
The ANLCA president, who was speaking at the inauguration of the Association’s Presidential Monitoring Task Force (PMTF) in the Eastern zone in Port Harcourt last week, described B’Odogwu as a system “that is here to stay.”
He further described the system as efficient and transparent and stressed the expectation that it would promote the ease of doing business at the ports, especially for Customs agents.
Nwokeoji, who was accompanied by his vice, Segun Odutan, to inaugurate the Association’s Presidential Monitoring Task Force (PMTF) for the Eastern Zone, informed the Mike Ebeatu-led Committee that their task is to bridge operational gaps in the zone, and not take over the functions of chapter executives.
He charged the PMTF members to demonstrate quality leadership and uphold the integrity of the association in the discharge of their duty.
Nwokeoji said, “This is the first phase of the inauguration of the Presidential National Committee members of our great Association. The second phase will come later, we are here for restoration, to restore the image of our Association, the prestige, the respect and position of the Association.
“We decided to set up a few committees to take care of certain challenges. Mind you, the Committees are not here to take the position of the elected excos. The chairmen are in charge of the chapters of our Association everywhere. They are elected and the constitution gives them the authority, the powers to supervise our affairs in those chapters,” he said.
