Customs redeploys top officers to enhance efficiency

Tayo Oladipupo

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has approved appointments of four officers in acting capacity and redeployment of 13 others in order to rejig the Nigeria Customs Service for optimum performance.

This is contained in a press statement made available to our correspondent by the National Public Relations Officer of the Service, Joseph Attah on Friday.

Those appointed in acting capacities are:
• Assistant Comptroller – General of Customs Sanusi Umar appointed Ag. Deputy Comptroller – General of Customs in-charge of Human resources & Development (HRD).

• Comptroller, Musa Jibrin – Ag. ACG Finance, Administration and Technical Services (FATS).
• Comptroller, Abdullahi Babani – Ag. ACG, Tariff & Trade (T&T).

• Comptroller, Christopher Odibu – Ag. ACG Zone B HQ.
Officers affected by the redeployment include:
• DCG, Aminu Dangaladima moved from Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection (E,I&I) to FATS.

• DCG, Ronke Olubiyi from HRD to Strategic Research & Policy (SR&P), DCG, Augustine Chidi from SR&P to E,I&I, ACG, David Chikan from HRD to Commandant, Command & Staff College, Gwagwalada.

ACG, Bukar Amajam from E,I&I to Zone C HQ, ACG, Kaycee Ekekezie from T&T to Zone A HQ, ACG, Aminu Dahiru from Zone A HQ to E,I&I., ACG, Fatade Aderenle from Excise, Free Trade Zone & Industrial Incentive (E, FTZ & I,I.) to HRD.

• ACG, Ibrahim Maikarfi from FATS to Headquarters, Ag. ACG, Emmanuel Udo-Aka from Zone HQ to SR&P.
• Ag. ACG, Modupe Aremu from SR & P to E, FTZ & I, I.
• Comptrollers, ZA Abdullahi from Ondo/Ekiti to Oyo/Osun and FE Ohanyere from E, FTZ & I, I to Ondo/Ekiti.

While giving approval for the appointments and redeployments, the CGC expressed hope that the affected Senior Officers will bring on board the extra push that will enable the Service not only sustain the offensive against smugglers but increase the tempo and enhance revenue generation for the Federal Government of Nigeria.