The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has confirmed the appointment of five Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) of Customs during its 59th regular meeting.
This was made known after the meeting, chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, held at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja.
Abdullahi Maiwada, Chief Superintendent of Customs and National Public Relations Officer said in a statement that the new appointments were made to fill the vacancies created by some senior officers who recently retired from the service.
He added that the principles of federal character, seniority, and merit guided the appointments approved by the Board.
The details of the confirmed appointments are as follows: Deputy Comptrollers General (DCGs), OO PETERS, DCG/Commander Training and Doctrine Command (rtd); BM JIBO, (DCG Enforcement Inspection & Investigation); BU NWANFOR, (DCG Excise, Free Trade Zone, & Industrial Incentives); SA BOMAI, DCG (Commander Training and Doctrine Command); CK NIAGWAN, (DCG Tariff & Trade).
Others in the Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs) cadre are: B IMAM, (ACG Board); AAS OLOYEDE, ACG (Trade & Tariff); SK DANGALDIMA, (ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’); A ABDUL AZEEZ, (ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘D’); SA YUSUF, ACG (Human Resource Development); NP UMOH, (ACG Training and Doctrine Command); CO OBIH, (ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘C’); and S CHIROMA, (ACG Strategic Research and Policy).
The Finance Minister said these appointments are a testament to the officers’ exemplary service and dedication to the Nigeria Customs Service.
He reiterated that the NCSB remains committed to providing strategic leadership to ensure effective and efficient service delivery for optimum performance.
While thanking the retired members of the management for their meritorious services, the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, congratulated the newly confirmed officers and charged 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.
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