{"id":7894,"date":"2025-05-27T18:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/?p=7894"},"modified":"2025-05-27T18:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:28:50","slug":"port-harcourt-customs-area-ii-command-launches-bodogwu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/2025\/05\/27\/port-harcourt-customs-area-ii-command-launches-bodogwu\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Harcourt Customs Area II Command, Launches B&#8217;Odogwu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A game changer for trade efficiency and revenue collection, an indigenous technology called  the Unified Customs Management System (UCMS) also known as B&#8217;Odogwu introduced by the<br \/>\nNigeria Customs Service in its continuous quest to modernize its operations, enhance compliance and facilitate trade, has been deployed in Port Harcourt II Customs Area Command of the Service to achieve the expected desired results. <\/p>\n<p>According to a press statement issued by the command&#8217;s Public Relations Officer, Theophilus P. Duniya,<br \/>\nComptroller Mohammed Babandede, the Customs Area Controller of the Command in his remark stated, that \u2018\u2019It is imperative for the Command to key into the Service\u2019s efforts to fully automate its services to improve efficiency, enhance compliance and optimize revenue collection. Today we are witnesses of the first Single Goods Declaration (SGD) released on the B\u00f3dogwu platform with reference number C1202505PN. This is another giant stride achieved by the Service under the leadership of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR.<\/p>\n<p> The controller stressed that this technology facilitates efficient and timely clearance of goods; thereby, reducing delays and costs for businesses\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Both officers and some stakeholders witnessed the historic release of the SGD on the indigenously developed platform. <\/p>\n<p>In a reaction to the process, an agent, Mr Iroegbu Samuel attested to the numerous advantages the B&#8217;Odogwu has over Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System (NICISS II).<\/p>\n<p> \u201cFrom my experience going through the process, from the capturing to the release was very short and fast. People should not entertain any fear or doubt because it\u2019s not far different from the NICISS platform. However, it is more flexible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Customs Area Controller invited stakeholders and the general public to key into the B&#8217;Odogwu\u2019s technology to experience its benefits, and also join the Service in its quest to transform Customs operations in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A game changer for trade efficiency and revenue collection, an indigenous technology called the Unified Customs Management System (UCMS) also known as B&#8217;Odogwu introduced by the Nigeria Customs Service in its continuous quest to modernize its operations, enhance compliance and facilitate trade, has been deployed in Port Harcourt II Customs Area Command of the Service [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7896,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7894\/revisions\/7896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}