Former Customs Spokesman, Others Decorated As Comptrollers

The management of the Nigerian Customs service (NCS) on Wednesday in Lagos, decorated Mr Wale Adeniyi, its former National Public Relations Officer and six others, with their new ranks of Comptroller of Customs.

The Zonal Coordinator, Zone “A” of the service, Mr Monday Abueh, who conducted the ceremony, urged the newly-promoted officers to increase their level of efficiency to enable the service achieve its statutory mandate.

According to Abueh, you have to reciprocate this gesture back to the service by improving your performance in order to move the service forward.

He commended the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd), for allowing even spread of the promotion across the board.

No fewer than 3,487 officers benefited from the new promotion exercise nationwide.

Speaking on behalf of the newly-decorated officers, Adeniyi, said there was need to put in lots of hard work and discipline into the service.

He said “ this is the first time the entire process is done by merit; we have to work to justify the confidence reposed in us.

“I do not have any doubt that the promotion exercise was rigorous. There were written exams, oral and performance assessment over a long period of time.

“If only 16 comptroller’s out of 90 eligible people passed through this, it means there is something they have seen in us.
“I can assure you that my colleagues and I will put trade facilitation on the front burner,” Adeniyi said.

He, however, advised those officers who could did not pass the promotion test, to be better prepared next time, taking into cognisance, the socio-economic environment they function and the rules of engagement of the Customs operations.

While an officer in the zone was decorated as a deputy comptroller, 16 others were decorated as assistant comptrollers of customs.