{"id":355649,"date":"2026-05-27T03:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355649"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:35:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:35:05","slug":"customs-launches-scads-to-curb-airport-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355649","title":{"rendered":"Customs Launches\u00a0 SCADS To Curb Airport Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has officially unveiled the Simplified Customs Advanced Declaration System (SCADS) at the international wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n

The move is aimed at improving passenger clearance, compliance and customs operations.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was contained\u00a0 in a statement by the NCS spokesperson, Abdullahi Maiwada, and made available to Newsmen in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maiwada explained that the platform, designed to simplify baggage declaration for inbound international passengers, aims to reduce manual bottlenecks, improve transparency in revenue assessment and enhance operational efficiency at Nigeria\u2019s international airports.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of ICT\/Modernisation, Oluyomi Adebakin,\u00a0 said the deployment of SCADS marked another major step in the service\u2019s digital transformation agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adebakin said the initiative became necessary to address operational challenges encountered on the service\u2019s previous passenger declaration platform earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

She explained that rather than allowing the setbacks to slow operations, the service chose to develop a stronger and more efficient alternative.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the earlier platform experienced operational challenges, we chose not to see it as a setback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“We saw it as an opportunity to build something better, stronger and more efficient,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to her, the newly introduced SCADS platform allows passengers to declare items before arrival, thereby reducing clearance time while improving compliance and operational integrity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor passengers, this system creates the opportunity for advance declaration before arrival. It means faster clearance, easier compliance and smoother movement through our airports,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adebakin said that the system would eliminate subjective revenue assessment by ensuring that duties were being automatically generated based on declared items, their quantities and actual values.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we talk about revenue collection, it is not about collecting more or less. It is about collecting the right revenue. With this system, assessment will now be more objective, accurate and driven by data,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier Comptroller\u00a0 Customs Area Controller, FCT Area Command, Victoria Alibo,described the selection of the command for the pilot phase as a vote of confidence in its operational capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alibo said the new platform integrates passenger baggage and e-commerce declarations into a single digital framework designed to support global Customs best practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSCADS is designed to simplify declarations, reduce clearance time, eliminate manual bottlenecks and align our operations with international standards,\u201d Alibo said.<\/span><\/p>\n

She said that the pilot phase would run for five days, from May 18 to May 22, during which officers would evaluate the system in a live environment ahead of nationwide deployment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event was attended by senior Customs officers, officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, partner government agencies, technical teams, and other key stakeholders in Nigeria\u2019s aviation and border management ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n

By: CHINEDU WOSU\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has officially unveiled the Simplified Customs Advanced Declaration System (SCADS) at the international wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The move is aimed at improving passenger clearance, compliance and customs operations. This was contained\u00a0 in a statement by the NCS spokesperson, Abdullahi Maiwada, and made available to Newsmen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67315,"featured_media":355695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/67315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355707,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355649\/revisions\/355707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/355695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}