Customs Approves Promotion Of 5 ACGs, 2,634 Other Officers

The Nigeria Customs Service Board at its 52nd Regular meeting approved the appointment of Five Assistant Comptrollers General of Customs.

The Public Relations Officer of Customs, Mr Joseph Attah confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.

The statement also said the board approved the promotion of 2,634 Officers, dismissal of one ACG and compulsory retirement of another ACG.

it said that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning and Chairman, NCS Board, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed presided over the meeting.

The Minister, according to the statement said the decisions taken during the meeting were meant to boost the morale of the customs personnel as well as move the Service forward in-terms of manpower and operations.

 
The newly promoted Assistant Comptrollers General of Customs are, Mohammed Boyi (Training and Coordination); Adewale Adeniyi (Commandant Customs and Staff College Gwagwalada); Jack Ajoku (Strategic Research and Policy);
Olakunle Oyeleke (Doctrine, Development and Administration) and Emmanuel Edorhe (Zonal Coordinator, Zone ‘C’)

       
Breakdown of the 2,634 Officers whose promotion have January 1 2019 as effective date showed that 37 officers were promoted from Deputy Comptrollers to Comptrollers of Customs; Assistant Comptrollers of Customs to Deputy Comptrollers 110; Chief Superintendent of Customs to Assistant Comptrollers 138; and Superintendent of Customs to Chief Superintendent of Customs 93.

Others are Deputy Superintendent of Customs to Superintendent of Customs 93; 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.

The statement added that 205 out of the 2,634 are Support Staff who also enjoyed promotion to various ranks.

In-line with the reform agenda, the statement said the Board took some disciplinary actions against two Senior Officers.

It said ACG Aminu Dahiru was dismissed for act of serious misconduct while ACG Bashir Abubakar was compulsorily retired for act of negligence.

The Minister said the NCS was “Making progress” and expressed the hope that the coming of the e-Customs platform would help improve NCS operations.