CGC Adeniyi Signs Anti-Corruption Documents, Activates ICRAM Steering Committee
Written by Queen Abayomi
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has signed three key anti-corruption documents aimed at strengthening integrity and accountability across the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), directing their immediate implementation across all zones, commands and units of the Service.
The documents, comprising the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Conducting Internal Corruption Risk Analysis and Mapping (ICRAM), the ICRAM Handbook and the Integrity Action Plan, were signed on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, during a ceremony at the NCS Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja.
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As part of the ceremony, CGC Adeniyi also formally activated the ICRAM Steering Committee, establishing a structured framework for identifying, assessing and mapping corruption risks across the Service’s operational and administrative processes.
Speaking at the event, the Comptroller-General said the documents were developed through a collaborative process involving an internal NCS team, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and partner Customs administrations, including His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
He said the initiative was designed to ensure that integrity remains at the centre of the Service’s operations.
“These two documents are products of a painstaking process which we have undertaken with efforts from an internal team working together with our partners from the WCO and a number of other Customs administrations that have walked this path with us to ensure that we have a Service where integrity leads,” CGC Adeniyi said.
According to him, the documents were designed as practical tools to enable officers operating at ports, borders and airports to identify and map corruption risks within their areas of responsibility and implement targeted measures to address them.
“We want to believe that we have laid a practical step, very easy to follow, for all our operatives at the ports, the borders, and the airports, to be able to conduct corruption risk mapping in their places, giving them the opportunity and capacity to implement the action plan to instil integrity in our system,” he added.
Earlier, the Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of the Strategic Research and Policy Department, ACG Nafi’u Isyaku, led senior officers in presenting the documents and sought approval for their full implementation across the Service.
Prior to the formal launch, the ICRAM methodology had been piloted across seven key Commands and Units, covering 66 processes across regulatory, core Customs and support functions.
The pilot locations comprised the Apapa Area Command under the sea modality; the Murtala Muhammed Cargo (MMAC) and Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Commands under the air modality; and the Seme Area Command under the land modality.
The specialised units involved were the Customs Police Unit Zone A, the PAAR Ruling Centre and the Procurement Unit.
The pilot exercise resulted in the development of a comprehensive Integrity Action Plan (IAP) containing 101 Action Items and 295 Sub-Action Items.
The key areas identified for action include enhanced automation, stronger supervision and accountability, improved audit trails and traceability, clear segregation of duties, regular staff rotation, targeted training, and strengthened controls in interactions between officers and stakeholders.
The rollout of the ICRAM framework is expected to provide the NCS with a more systematic approach to identifying and addressing corruption vulnerabilities, while further strengthening integrity across its operations.
DemocracyNewslineNewspaper October 8th, 2026
