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Customs Just Wrote Nigeria’s Energy Rulebook

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Abdulsalam Mahmud
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August 2, 2025
CG Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi
CG Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi

Customs Just Wrote Nigeria’s Energy Rulebook

By Abdulsalam Mahmud,

At a time when the world is searching for balance between development and sustainability, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has taken a quiet but remarkable step. How? It is through the unveiling of a handbook—one that may prove to be more powerful than decrees or declarations.

Titled, “Import and Export Procedures for Renewable Energy Equipment”, this new publication offers more than guidelines. It presents a vision, a tool, and a compass. Launched in Abuja on Tuesday, the handbook’s unveiling was not just another bureaucratic ritual.

It was the climax of an important partnership between the Nigeria Customs, the European Union, the German Embassy, and GIZ. At its core, this collaboration reflects a growing urgency: to rewire the country’s systems in line with global environmental goals and local development priorities.

Comptroller-General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, was clear in his message. Renewable energy is not just a buzzword. It is infrastructure, it is commerce, and it is the future. And if Nigeria is to get it right, trade in solar panels, batteries, inverters, and wind turbines must be governed by clarity, speed and trust.

This, he noted, is what the handbook was created to ensure. Described as a “living document,” the handbook is designed to evolve. As new technologies emerge and international best practices shift, so too will the guidance it offers.

More than a Customs tool, it is intended to empower both officers and businesses to navigate the complexities of cross-border green trade. For importers and freight forwarders, it promises fewer ambiguities. For government, it strengthens compliance without stifling investment.

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The energy transition is not merely a policy direction—it is a national imperative. Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan aims for net-zero emissions by 2060, but more urgently, it seeks to expand access to affordable power for millions still living in darkness.

This is where Customs comes in—not just as gatekeepers, but as facilitators. And with this initiative, the Service is signaling its readiness to play that role without delay. The international community was fully present.

Inga Stefanowicz of the EU Delegation praised the Service’s commitment to reform, especially in the context of sustainability and inclusiveness. She pointed out the rising involvement of women in the Service as a sign of institutional maturity.

Germany’s Karin Jansen reaffirmed her country’s investment in bilateral green energy ties. And Marcus Wagner of GIZ Nigeria lauded CGC Adeniyi’s vision and his newly secured global mandate. But perhaps the true value of this handbook lies not in who launched it, but in what it unlocks.

For years, stakeholders in Nigeria’s renewable energy sector have struggled with inconsistencies at ports and borders—wrong classifications, delays, misinterpretations. This handbook now offers step-by-step guidance on documentation, tariff lines, exemptions, and valuation processes for clean energy components.

Its broader promise is even more compelling. It aligns Nigeria with global protocols like the Paris Agreement and the AfCFTA, positioning the country as a potential leader in regional green logistics.

By clarifying and simplifying trade rules, it also encourages investment and innovation. What Customs has offered, in effect, is a regulatory bridge toward a cleaner economy. No one document can change a nation, but some can help steer it.

“This Handbook on Renewed Energy” may not generate electricity, but it can light a path. It doesn’t store solar power, but it stores intention, collaboration, and reform. And in this era of transition, that might be just as valuable.

Mahmud, Deputy Editor of PRNigeria, wrote in via: [email protected].

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