Actionable Intelligence: Customs Comptroller General Commissions Analytics Centre At Apapa
In the quest to enhance regulatory compliance, strengthen risk management frameworks, facilitate legitimate trade and optimise revenue assurance mechanisms, t he Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, on Tuesday, officially commissioned an analytics centre at the Apapa Customs Command to generate actionable intelligence. The Customs CG said that the importance of data in any modern Customs administration, cannot be over emphasised, saying that data is the new currency of international trade and international business. “And we value data a lot because it is the backbone of our risk management engine. And we cannot pretend to have a modern Customs administration if we do not have credible data to support it and drive it into operations. “Virtually every project that we embark upon using ICT is driven by data. If we are doing an AEO program for compliance, we need a data upgrade to do it. If we want to do selectivity, we need data to do it. “If we wan...