Shake up in customs as Adeniyi appoints 2 Ag. ACGs, redeploy, Nnadi, Bomodi, others

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

Holding on to his avowed determination and  commitment to reposition the Nigerian customs service(NCS) for operational efficiency, the Acting Comptroller General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has approved key appointments in the service.

To this end, Comptrollers Florence Nanu Ogar-Modey and Queen Ogbudu have been appointed Acting Assistant Comptroller Generals Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Zonal Coordinator Zone B, respectively.

Controllers of commands have been moved to new commands as: Comptroller Jaiyeoba Jide from Oyo/Osun Area Command to Apapa Area Command, Compt. Dera Nnadi from Seme to Tin-Can Island Port, Compt. Timi Bomodi from KLT to Seme, Compt. Ahmed Abe from PCA Zone ‘C’ to Kaduna Area Command and Compt. Babandede Mohammad from Lilypond Export Command to Lagos Free Trade Zone Command.

Whereas Compt. Dauda Ibrahim Chana from Investigation Headquarters to Kano/Jigawa Area Command, Compt. Martina Tilleygyado moves Non-Intrusive Inspection to KLT Area Command, Compt. Oloyode Adekunle from Tin-Can Island Port to Import &/Export Headquarters while Compt. Zanna Chiroma will be leaving Import & Export for PCA Zone ‘C, among many others.

Yieldful war on smuggling

In his message, the Acting Comptroller-General congratulated the newly appointed/redeployed officers and charged them to put more effort into achieving the service’s core mandates of Revenue Generation, Suppression of Smuggling, Trade Facilitation and effective service delivery.