The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NSB) has announced the appointment of five Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) of Customs during its 59th regular meeting.
During the meeting on Tuesday, chaired by the Honorable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, the new Customs managerial officials were confirmed in a bid to fill some vacancies created by the retirement of some senior officers recently.
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); and CK NIAGWAN (DCG Tariff & Trade)
New Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs) include; 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)
According to a press statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, 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 statement read.
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.
