The Port and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has taken steps to strengthen leadership capacity, professionalism and teamwork among its senior officers through a leadership seminar.
The seminar, held at the Conference Hall of PTML Command on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, was organised in line with the vision of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, to build a more efficient, motivated, and service-oriented workforce.
This was made known in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, CSC Abdullahi Tsafe Abubakar.
Declaring the seminar open, the Acting Area Controller, DC Nura Ibrahim Miko, stated that effective leadership is critical to achieving the Service’s core mandates of revenue generation, trade facilitation, and suppression of smuggling.
DC Miko reiterated the Command‘s committment to initiatives that promote the welfare, health and productivity of officers, including the recently commenced Work-Life Balance Initiative.
Participants were taken through sessions on strategic leadership, effective communication, decision-making, conflict management, and ethical conduct.
The Acting Area Controller delivered the lecture for the first session on the topic, “Leadership and Followership: Building a Culture of Collaboration and Excellence.”
DC Miko commended participants for their active engagement and charged the officers to translate the lessons learnt into improved service delivery within the Command.
He also reassured stakeholders and the trading community of the Command’s commitment to professionalism, transparency, and ease of doing business.
Participants in the leadership seminar were drawn from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Customs to Deputy Comptroller of Customs.
Some of the highlights of the event included the presentation of Certificates of Excellence to Assistant Comptroller J.O. Ezekuse, Officer-in-Charge, Mile 2 Gate; and Chief Superintendent of Customs C.A. Ibrahim, Officer-in-Charge, Legal Unit of the Command.
Miko charged all officers to continue to give their best in service to the country, noting that the Command has a mechanism to identify and reward diligence, selflessness and efficient service delivery.
