By Biola Lawal
Abuja (Flowerbudnews): The Nigeria Customs Service has announced appointment of five new Deputy Comptroller General (DCGs) and eight Assistant Comptroller General (ACGs).
Customs Service Spokesman, AbduLLAH Maiwada said in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja that the appointment followed the approval and confirmation of the Customs Service Board at its 59th regular meeting held on Tuesday, May 14 at NCS headquarters.
The meeting was chaired
1.The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has confirmed the appointment of five (5) Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight (8) Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) of Customs during its 59th regular meeting.
Maiwada, a Chief Superintendent of Customs and NCS
National Public Relations Officer, disclosed that the meeting was chaired by the Honorable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun.
Details of the confirmed appointments according to Maiwada are as follows:
DCGs; OO PETERSDCG /Commander Training and Doctrine Command (rtd),
BM JIBO(DCG Enforcement Inspection & Investigation), BU NWANFOR(DCG Excise, Free Trade Zone & Industrial Incentives)
SA BOMAIDCG (Commander Training and Doctrine Command), CK NIAGWAN(DCG Tariff & Trade),
ACGs are: B IMAM(ACG Board), AAS OLOYEDEACG (Trade & Tariff), SK DANGALDIMA(ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’), A ABDUL AZEEZ(ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘D’), SA YUSUFACG (Human Resource Development)
Other ACGs are; NP UMOH(ACG Training and Doctrine Command), CO OBIH(ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘C’), S CHIROMA(ACG Strategic Research and Policy).
He said that the new appointments were made to fill the vacancies created by some senior officers who recently retired from the Service.
Maiwada also stated that the principles of federal character, seniority and merit guided the appointments approved by the Board.
”These appointments are a testament to the officers’ exemplary services and dedication to the Nigeria Customs Service. The NCSB remains committed to providing strategic leadership to ensure effective and efficient service delivery for optimum performance,’: the NCS Spokesman stated.
Customs Service CG, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi thanked retired members of the management for their meritorious services, and congratulated the newly confirmed officers.
Adeniyi enjoined them to redouble their efforts to ensure the service attains greater heights in its mandates of revenue generation, suppression of smuggling and trade facilitation amongst others. (Flowerbudnews)
