Comptroller Adebola Salawu has assumed duty as the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Lagos Industrial Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, following the retirement of Comptroller Sarah Wadinda.
The handing over ceremony took place on Monday, September 8, 2025 at the Command, according to a statement by the Command Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Customs, Juliana Tomo on Tuesday.
Wadinda retired shortly after the commissioning of the ‘Customs Cares’ corporate social responsibility project at the Festac Senior Grammar School in August 2025.
The outgoing CAC constructed and installed a water treatment plant, established an electronic library and also provided a photocopier. She also refurbished and painted some areas of the school including the toilet.
Comptroller Wadinda (Rtd) said the success of the CSR project was achieved with the collaboration and support of some stakeholders of the command.
She expressed gratitude to the Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi for the confidence reposed on her to serve at the Lagos Industrial Area Command.
She further enjoined all officers to exercise their competence and give maximum cooperation to her successor for continuous trade facilitation towards an enhanced revenue collection, adding that her career fulfilment would be mirrored in the legacy left behind for her successor.
On her part, the incoming CAC, Comptroller Salawu commended the good work of her predecessor and wished her success in her future endeavors.
Speaking further, she enjoined all officers of the the Command to extend the same hands of cooperation in her tenure.
Salawu also pointed out that officers should take advantage of the newly boarded Unified Customs Management System popularly known as B’Odogwu) with emphasis on in house training of officers and stakeholders engagement to enhance excise performance towards the economic growth of the nation.
