It was a rain of praises and commendations for Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba, outgoing Customs Area Controller of Apapa Command during a send off ceremony held in his honour on Friday May 3, 2024
The event had in attendance the Assistant Comptroller General of Customs/Zonal Coordinator Zone A, Hammi Swomen, Comptroller Ajibola Odusanya, Comptroller Caroline Ayo, Commissioner of Police, Western Port Authority Command, Olanrenwaju, Ishola, Representatives of sister agencies, stakeholders, family members and friends.
In his goodwill message, ACG Swomen congratulated Comptroller Jaiyeoba on his retirement while also commending the recent innovations and achievements of the command under his watch.
He said, “We are highly impressed by the innovations and the things that are happening here since the last time we came. I will like to thank all the officers and men of the command because without your support, it would have been difficult to achieve all these”.
Guests and stakeholders as well as officers described the Area Controller as an astute administrator, as an astute leader who is ready to teach his surbodinates.
In his remarks, Comptroller Jaiyeoba appreciated God for a successful 35years of meritorious service.
In his words, “I give all glory, all honor to God, Almighty. And I also thank officers and men of Apapa Command and our stakeholders for your cooperation. We came, we told us our agenda, and you key into it, and together we delivered”.
“I can boldly say since January till now, there has been increase in revenue collection, we set target for ourselves and we beat the target, we reset another target, which before we know it, we have also beaten it.
Because of the cooperation, because of the commitment and because of the will, all of us have to deliver. And I must say I thank all of us for that”.
The CAC further urged officers and stakeholders to extend same cooperation to the incoming controller.
“We have set a standard in Apapa Command and with or without Comptroller Jaiyeoba, we must maintain that standard. I want to plead with us that whoever is coming to take over, the same cooperation you extended to me, I want us to give same or more than that cooperation, so that together, you can deliver”.
Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba hails from Oyo state and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Lagos.
