The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has confirmed the appointment of five Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) of Customs.
The confirmation was done during the Board’s 59th regular meeting on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
This was disclosed in a statement by the National Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
The meeting, chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun was held at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja.
Details of the confirmed appointments are as follows: Deputy Comptrollers General (DCGs) – OO Peters, DCG/Commander Training and Doctrine Command (rtd); BM Jibo, DCG Enforcement Inspection & Investigation; BU Nwanfor, DCG Excise, Free Trade Zone & Industrial Incentives; SA Bomai, DCG Commander Training and Doctrine Command, and CK Niagwan, DCG Tariff & Trade.
The Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs) are: B Imam, ACG Board; AAS Oloyede, ACG Trade & Tariff; SK Dangaladima, 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’ and S Chiroma ACG Strategic Research and Policy.
According to Maiwada, the new appointments were made to fill the vacancies created by some senior officers who recently retired from the Service.
He explained that the the principles of federal character, seniority and merit guided the appointments approved by the Board.
“These appointments are a testament to 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.
“While thanking the retired members of the management for their meritorious services, the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, congratulated the newly confirmed officers and charged them to redouble their efforts to ensure the service attains greater heights in its mandates of revenue generation, suppression of smuggling and trade facilitation amongst others”, the statement added.
