The Nigeria Customs Service has won the Commonwealth Environment and CSR Gold Award in Scotland as its Customs Cares initiative earned global recognition for impacting over 10 million Nigerians through education, healthcare, food security and sustainability
Nigeria Customs Wins Commonwealth CSR Gold Award for Customs Cares Initiative
The Nigeria Customs Service has earned international recognition after its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Customs Cares, won the Commonwealth Environment and CSR Gold Award in Glasgow, Scotland.
The award, presented on Friday, July 31, 2026, recognises organisations delivering measurable, sustainable and community-driven interventions that advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Customs Cares was honoured for its impact on education, healthcare, food security and environmental sustainability across communities in Nigeria.
Receiving the award on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection, Timi Bomodi, described the recognition as a landmark achievement in the Service’s ongoing transformation.
“This award is both humbling and inspiring. It affirms our belief that public institutions create their greatest value not only by fulfilling their statutory mandates, but by improving lives and strengthening the communities they serve,” he said.
Adeniyi attributed the global recognition to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, saying the Customs Cares initiative has impacted more than 10 million Nigerians across 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory through school renovation projects, healthcare interventions, access to clean water, food support programmes and the Green Borders Initiative.
“Beyond every classroom renovated, every borehole commissioned and every tree planted is something even more enduring; trust,” he said.
Speaking at the event, the Governor of Tharaka Nithi County in Kenya, Muthomi Njuki, stressed the need for collective action in tackling climate change.
“No country could solve the crisis alone, but that through accountability, partnership, innovation and shared responsibility, the world could become greener, safer and more prosperous,” he said.
The Comptroller in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility, Mbwiduffu Ibrahim, said the international honour would inspire the Service to deepen its community development efforts.
“For a long time, we worked believing that the impact in our communities was reward enough. Today, this international recognition tells us that those efforts have not gone unnoticed,” she said.
The award organisers said the Nigeria Customs Service earned the honour through its innovative Hub-and-Spoke Community Activation Model, noting that the recognition further strengthens the Service’s reputation as a modern Customs administration committed to revenue generation, trade facilitation, border security and sustainable development.
