In response to the mandatory retirement of certain Nigeria Customs management members, Acting Comptroller General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has authorized key appointments and reassignments within the organization to enhance operational effectiveness. The National Public Relations Officer, Comptrollers Chief Superintendent of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada, conveyed this information in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday.
As per the statement, Florence Nanu Ogar-Modey and Queen Ogbudu have been designated as Acting Assistant Comptroller Generals for the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Zonal Coordinator for Zone B, respectively.
The statement mentioned that several Comptrollers have been relocated to different Customs units, including Compt. 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.
It added that others are Compt. Dauda Ibrahim Chana from Investigation Headquarters to Kano/Jigawa Area Command, Compt. Martina Tilleygyado from 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.
The statement said 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, and Trade Facilitation.
