Nigeria, Aug. 19 -- The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has opened talks with the Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) over challenges trailing the implementation of its new Unified Customs Management System, popularly called B'Odogwu.

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, met with the Executive Secretary of the Shippers' Council, Akutah Ukeyima, on Monday in Abuja, following complaints by freight forwarders and Licensed Customs Agents of delays and rising demurrage linked to the system's rollout.

During the meeting, the Shippers' Council chief relayed industry concerns, citing operational glitches with system integration, documentation bottlenecks and port logistics hurdles.

He warned that if left unchecked, the problems could...