Customs Board confirms appointment of five DCGs, eight ACGs

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 appointments were confirmed at the 59th regular meeting of the Customs Board on Tuesday in Abuja and
chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun.

A statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Abdulahi Maiwada on Wednesday said the new appointments were made to fill the vacancies created by some senior officers who recently retired from the Service.

According to him, the principles of federal character, seniority and merit guided the appointments approved by the Board.

He listed the newly confirmed DCGs as
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 new Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs) are: B Imam (ACG Board);
IAAS Oloyede ACG (Trade & Tariff); SK Dangaladima (ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’); A Abdulazeez (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).

“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, ” the statement said.

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.