Nigerian Custom agrees to connect to ECOWAS’ e-System regarding goods transiting

Nigerian Customs agrees to connect to ECOWAS' e-System regarding goods transiting Abidjan-Lagos Corridor

Customs Directors General from Nigeria, Ghana and three neighbouring African countries have agreed to connect to the ECOWAS electronic Interconnected Transit Goods Management System (SIGMAT), regarding goods transiting the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor.

The agreement is aimed at easing trade on the corridor through the electronic sharing of information on goods in transit, as against manual documentation along borders, among others.

This was disclosed in a statement published on the ECOWAS website on Saturday.

The Customs Directors General from member states of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo) met in Lomé, Togo, to finalize the deployment of SIGMAT on their respective operations.


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