ZAINAB JUNAID
The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has confirmed the appointment of five (5) Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight (8) Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) of Customs during its 59th regular meeting.
This was contained in a release made available to journalists on Wednesday May 15, 2024, by the Service’s spokesman, Abdullahi Maiwada.
He said the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, approved the appointments of the ACGs and DCGs during the meeting held at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters, Abuja on Tuesday, 14th May 2024.
According to him, the 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 are – Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs): 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’); S CHIROMA (ACG Strategic Research and Policy)
Maiwada explained that 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,” he stated.
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.
