…Implores Graduates to be Good Ambassadors of the College
ZAINAB JUNAID
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has assured management and members of the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College (NCCSC) of his unflinching efforts to enhance welfare of the officers.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony of 50 Officers who partook in rigorous training of Senior Course 10 at the college in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Friday 7 June, 2024, CGC Adeniyi said prioritizing Staff Welfare will in turn improve efficiency in the Service.
The CGC who was the special guest of Honour of the ceremony, equally charged the graduates to be more committed and good ambassadors of the College, adding the country awaits their positive contributions in maximising the security at the borders, suppressing smuggling and generating revenue.
“It is a great honour and privilege to be back in this prestigious institution and to be part of this graduation ceremony of Senior Course 10 today. It is without a doubt that you have spent six months having rigorous training that will equip you to add value to the Service. I congratulate you for your commitment, which has led us to today’s occasion,” he said.
Also speaking , the Commandant of the College, Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs, Kingsley Egwuh, while delivering his opening remarks, congratulated the graduating students and conferred them with the title of Pass Senior Course (PSC).
ACG Kingsley said, “With permission of the Special Guest of Honour, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, I stand here before you with joy to confer you all with this title, and I want to implore you to practice what you have learned as you go back to your respective Commands.”
On her part, Deputy Commandant and Director of Studies of the College, Comptroller Oluyomi Adebakin, highlighted that the students had been duly trained in various fields in accordance with the curriculum of the Senior Course to enhance officers’ skills and abilities with a high level of moral standards.
“I have no doubts in my mind that considering the quality of training you have received, you all will be good ambassadors of the College and the Service at large – and I wish to implore you to exhibit your competence to your subordinates when you go back to your places of work.” Comptroller Adebakin said.
Similarly, in a statement signed by CSC Abdullahi Maiwada spokesman of the Service, the management of the college had on Wednesday, 5 June 2024, hosted a regimental dinner night to honour the graduates of Senior Course 10, where the CGC was represented by DCG Beatrice Nwafor, the Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in-charge of Excise, Free-Trade Zone and Industrial Incentives.
Addressing the graduates during the regimental dinner night, DCG Nwafor tasked them to consider the opportunity of attending a month’s course at the college as a means to improve their performance as Customs officers, “You are now as strong as eagles. You are, therefore, expected to keep soaring higher.”
