By Goodluck Ikiebe
The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has confirmed the appointment of 13 senior officers of the service during its 59th regular meeting.
The National Public Relations Officer, CSC Abdullahi Maiwada says in a statement that the list composed of five Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) of Customs.
The confirmed appointments according to the meeting, chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja include:
Deputy Comptrollers General (DCGs)
I. OO PETERS DCG /Commander Training and Doctrine Command (rtd)
II. BM JIBO (DCG Enforcement Inspection & Investigation)
III. BU NWANFOR (DCG Excise, Free Trade Zone & Industrial Incentives)
IV. SA BOMAI DCG (Commander Training and Doctrine Command)
V. CK NIAGWAN (DCG Tariff & Trade).
While the Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs) comprise of:
I. B IMAM (ACG Board)
II. AAS OLOYEDE ACG (Trade & Tariff)
III. SK DANGALADIMA (ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’)
IV. A ABDUL AZEEZ (ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘D’)
V. SA YUSUF ACG (Human Resource Development)
VI. NP UMOH (ACG Training and Doctrine Command)
VII. CO OBIH (ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘C’)
VIII. S CHIROMA (ACG Strategic Research and Policy)
According to Maiwada, “The new appointments were made to fill the vacancies created by some senior officers, who recently retired from the Service. 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.
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.
