The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has stepped up efforts to tackle the illegal trade in environmentally sensitive goods with a four-day Train-the-Trainers workshop designed to enhance officers’ capacity in enforcing environmental trade regulations.
The training was meant to equip Customs officers with knowledge on environmental governance, trade control measures, enforcement strategies, and inter-agency collaboration aimed at strengthening compliance with international environmental conventions.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, represented by the Assistant Comptroller-General in charge of Strategic Research and Policy, Nafiu Isiyaku, commended stakeholders for their support in the successful execution of the programme.
Curious TV News reports that Adeniyi stressed that the true impact of the workshop would be measured by participants’ ability to cascade the knowledge gained to other officers and translate it into improved operational performance across Customs formations nationwide.
According to him, the training addressed key issues critical to environmental protection and border security, including environmental governance, trade regulation, enforcement mechanisms, and collaboration among relevant agencies.
Also speaking, the Regional Programme Officer of the International Trade Centre (ITC), Richard Eke-Motoho, praised the NCS for its commitment to building expertise in environmental trade regulation.
He noted that the programme would expand the pool of qualified national trainers who could serve as regional resource persons, thereby strengthening capacity across the region and promoting environmentally sustainable trade practices.
Eke-Motoho added that the ITC and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) would continue to support initiatives that foster regional integration, sustainable trade, and economic development.
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