By Tony Obiechina, Abuja
The Acting Comptroller General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has approved key appointments and redeployment within the service to ensure operational efficiency.
In a statement by the National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, in Abuja on Wednesday, the action was in response to the statutory retirement of some management members of Nigeria Customs.
According to the statement, officers the e affected by the exercise are Comptrollers Florence Nanu Ogar-Modey and Queen Ogbudu who have been appointed Acting Assistant Comptroller Generals, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Zonal Coordinator Zone B, respectively.
Some of the Comptrollers redeployed to various Customs formations include 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.
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. READ ALSO:
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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.
