{"id":7993,"date":"2025-05-04T10:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T10:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993"},"modified":"2025-05-04T10:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T10:12:07","slug":"customs-moves-to-deepen-operations-at-snake-island-free-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993","title":{"rendered":"Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=Customs%20moves%20to%20deepen%20operations%20at%20Snake%20Island%20Free%20Zone%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2025%2F05%2Fcustoms-moves-to-deepen-operations-at-snake-island-free-zone%2F\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/share\/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2025%2F05%2Fcustoms-moves-to-deepen-operations-at-snake-island-free-zone%2F&amp;text=Customs%20moves%20to%20deepen%20operations%20at%20Snake%20Island%20Free%20Zone\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Customs%20moves%20to%20deepen%20operations%20at%20Snake%20Island%20Free%20Zone%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2025%2F05%2Fcustoms-moves-to-deepen-operations-at-snake-island-free-zone%2F\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2025%2F05%2Fcustoms-moves-to-deepen-operations-at-snake-island-free-zone%2F\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2025%2F05%2Fcustoms-moves-to-deepen-operations-at-snake-island-free-zone%2F&amp;title=Customs%20moves%20to%20deepen%20operations%20at%20Snake%20Island%20Free%20Zone\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2025%2F05%2Fcustoms-moves-to-deepen-operations-at-snake-island-free-zone%2F\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pix: Customs CG, Adewale Adeniyi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has concluded plans to establish a dedicated Customs Area Command at the Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ), in a bid to strengthen its operational and regulatory presence at the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a recent visit to Snake Island, Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, announced that the Service is in the final stages of documentation to formalize the creation of a new command at SIIFZ and Nigerdock, acknowledging the significant level of investment made by the company on the Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are just at the stage where we are finalising all the documentation, and I am very sure that by the next time I visit this place, I\u2019ll be received by a Customs Area Controller,\u201d Adeniyi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are looking forward to a symbiotic relationship\u2014one that benefits the Nigeria Customs Service, the Federal Government of Nigeria, and Nigerdock as a corporate entity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adeniyi emphasized the need for synergy between Customs and private sector operators to drive national economic objectives, particularly through enhanced port and logistics operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, the Managing Director of SIIFZ, Semiu Akorede, lauded the Customs Service for its ongoing support and highlighted the strategic importance of the visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour coming here today is going to add a lot of value,\u201d Akorede said. \u201cWe have enjoyed the support of Customs officers who work with us, and those who come here to carry out operations. I can confirm that we\u2019ve had a collaborative, conflict-free relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added, \u201cThe consolidation of Customs activities we\u2019re requesting will help ensure seamless operations going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">vangauard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pix: Customs CG, Adewale Adeniyi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has concluded plans to establish a dedicated Customs Area Command at the Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ), in a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pages"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pix: Customs CG, Adewale Adeniyi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has concluded plans to establish a dedicated Customs Area Command at the Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ), in a&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-04T10:10:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-04T10:12:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lanag38c.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"294\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"372\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abdullahi Mustapha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abdullahi Mustapha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abdullahi Mustapha\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5acb19f5018d000ec8c8034c2efa711\"},\"headline\":\"Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-04T10:10:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-04T10:12:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993\"},\"wordCount\":277,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/lanag38c.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Pages\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993\",\"name\":\"Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/lanag38c.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-04T10:10:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-04T10:12:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5acb19f5018d000ec8c8034c2efa711\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/lanag38c.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/lanag38c.png\",\"width\":294,\"height\":372},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?p=7993#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5acb19f5018d000ec8c8034c2efa711\",\"name\":\"Abdullahi Mustapha\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e69666c0739f6ed4a468a2167654054e96101ff496cb1e22e2fe3992faf31e87?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e69666c0739f6ed4a468a2167654054e96101ff496cb1e22e2fe3992faf31e87?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e69666c0739f6ed4a468a2167654054e96101ff496cb1e22e2fe3992faf31e87?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Abdullahi Mustapha\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psmnigeria.org\\\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone -","og_description":"Pix: Customs CG, Adewale Adeniyi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has concluded plans to establish a dedicated Customs Area Command at the Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ), in a&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993","article_published_time":"2025-05-04T10:10:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-04T10:12:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":294,"height":372,"url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lanag38c.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Abdullahi Mustapha","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abdullahi Mustapha","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993"},"author":{"name":"Abdullahi Mustapha","@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f5acb19f5018d000ec8c8034c2efa711"},"headline":"Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone","datePublished":"2025-05-04T10:10:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-04T10:12:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993"},"wordCount":277,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lanag38c.png","articleSection":["Pages"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993","url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993","name":"Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone -","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lanag38c.png","datePublished":"2025-05-04T10:10:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-04T10:12:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f5acb19f5018d000ec8c8034c2efa711"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lanag38c.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lanag38c.png","width":294,"height":372},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=7993#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Customs moves to deepen operations at Snake Island Free Zone"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#website","url":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f5acb19f5018d000ec8c8034c2efa711","name":"Abdullahi Mustapha","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e69666c0739f6ed4a468a2167654054e96101ff496cb1e22e2fe3992faf31e87?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e69666c0739f6ed4a468a2167654054e96101ff496cb1e22e2fe3992faf31e87?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e69666c0739f6ed4a468a2167654054e96101ff496cb1e22e2fe3992faf31e87?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Abdullahi Mustapha"},"url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?author=5"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/lanag38c.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7995,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions\/7995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}