The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has officially approved the appointment of five Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) of Customs during its 59th regular meeting.
The meeting, which took place at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, was chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun.
According to a statement signed by Chief Superintendent of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada, National Public Relations Officer for the Comptroller General of Customs, the confirmed appointments are as follows:
Deputy Comptrollers General (DCGs):
- OO PETERS (DCG / Commander Training and Doctrine Command)
- 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)
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)
These appointments were made to fill the vacancies left by some senior officers who recently retired from the Service. The principles of federal character, seniority, and merit were considered in making the appointments approved by the Board.
The statement further emphasized 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.
The Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, expressed gratitude to the retired members of the management for their meritorious services and congratulated the newly confirmed officers. He urged them to redouble their efforts to ensure the service attains greater heights in its mandates of revenue generation, suppression of smuggling, and trade facilitation, among others.
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