President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the growing continental recognition of Nigeria's customs modernisation programme, commending the selection of a subsidiary of Nigerian-owned Bergmans Security Consultant and Supplies Limited for a 20-year, multi-billion-dollar AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project.

The project will be implemented through Bergmans' subsidiary, AfriTrade CMP Limited, which will deploy digital and physical infrastructure to enhance customs processes, cargo tracking, border management and trade-data exchange across participating African countries.

Another subsidiary of the company, Trade Modernisation Project Limited, is currently implementing Nigeria's indigenous customs modernisation programme.

In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, president Tinubu said the development demonstrated Nigeria's growing capacity to develop and export homegrown solutions to other African countries.

President Tinubu added that Nigeria must not only participate in the African single market but also contribute to building the technology and infrastructure required to make the market function effectively.

— PUNCH