Nigeria Takes Global Leadership Role, As CGC Adeniyi Chairs WCO Council
Exactly two years after his historic appointment as the Comptroller-General of Customs by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR during a high-level meeting of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Council at Brussels in June 2023, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR has been unanimously elected as Chairperson of the WCO Council, the highest decision-making body in global customs administration.
The election was held during the concluding session of the 145th/146th WCO Council Meetings held on Saturday, 28th June 2025, at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels. CGC Adeniyi succeeds Edward Kieswetter, Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service, and becomes the first Nigerian to hold this prestigious office since the WCO’s establishment.
Reacting to the appointment, CGC Adeniyi expressed profound...