The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, on Wednesday, 15 May 2024, decorated 13 members of his management team consisting of five Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) with their new ranks.
The exercise took place at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja. It followed the approval of their appointments by the Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) on Tuesday, 14 May 2024.
The decorated DCGs are Suleiman Bomai as DCG/Commander Training and Doctrine Command; Bello Jibo as DCG in charge of Enforcement Inspection & Investigation; Beatrice Nwafor as DCG in charge of Excise, Free Trade Zone & Industrial Incentives; and Caroline Niagwan as DCG Tariff & Trade.
The newly confirmed Assistant Comptroller-Generals of Customs are Baba Imam as ACG Board, Adekunle Oloyode as ACG Trade & Tariff, and Sambo Dangaladima as ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’. Abdulrazaq Abdulazeez as ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘D’; and Sai’du Yusuf as ACG Human Resource Development.
Others are NP Umoh as ACG Training and Doctrine Command, Charles Obih as ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘C’, and Ciroma Sulaiman as ACG Strategic Research and Policy.
In a statement by Chief Superintendent of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada, the spokesman of the service, the appointment and approval followed due process of the Federal Character Commission’s laws and principles of seniority.
The CGC charged them to double their devotion and determination to promote the Nigeria Customs Service selflessly.
While urging them to intensify their contribution to the fight against smuggling, revenue generation and trade facilitation, the customs boss also enjoined the new heads of departments to ensure they have a shared vision on how to fulfil the mandate for each department.
He said, “I must emphasise, as usual, that this level of your placement in the service requires your utmost discipline at all times. You must conduct yourselves in a manner that sets a good example for the officers behind you.”