THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved the promotion of 2,634 officers for better efficiency.
The promotion and new appointments were approved by the Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) at its 52nd Regular meeting, where five officers were appointed as Assistant Comptrollers General of Customs, 2,634 officers promoted, one ACG was dismissed while another ACG got compulsory retirement.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, said 205 out of the 2,634 are support staff who also enjoyed promotion to various ranks.
Ali said the 2,634 officers have their promotion effective 1st January 2019.
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning and Chairman, NCS Board, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed who presided over the meeting said decisions taken during the meeting were meant to ginger and move the Service forward in-terms of manpower and operations.
The new Assistant Comptrollers General of Customs are: ACG, Mohammed Boyi – Doctrine Development; ACG, Adewale Adeniyi – Commandant C&SC Gwagwalada;
ACG, Jack Ajoku – Strategic Research and Policy; ACG, Olakunle Oyeleke – Training and Coordination and ACG, Emmanuel Edorhe – Zonal Coordinator, Zone ‘C’.
Breakdown of the promoted officers are; Deputy Comptrollers to Comptrollers of Customs (37); Assistant Comptrollers of Customs to Deputy Comptrollers (110); Chief Superintendent of Customs to Assistant Comptrollers (138); Superintendent of Customs to Chief Superintendent of Customs (93); Deputy Superintendent of Customs to Superintendent of Customs (93).
Others are; Assistant Superintendent of Customs I to Deputy Superintendent of Customs (1224); Assistant Superintendent of Customs II to Assistant Superintendent of Customs I (475); Inspector of Customs to Assistant Superintendent of Customs II ( 464).
“In-line with the reform agenda, the Board took some disciplinary actions against two Senior Officers. ACG Aminu Dahiru was dismissed for act of serious misconduct while ACG Bashir Abubakar was compulsorily retired for act of negligence,” he stated.
The minister described the NCS as “making progress” and expressed the hope that the coming of the e-Customs will help improve NCS operations.
