Nigeria Customs Promotes 2,974 Officers

Chinazor Megbolu |

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved and promoted 2,974 officers of the agency.

The news was made known in a signed document and made available to newsmen on Friday, which that the Comptroller General, NCS,

Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) consented and signed the approval of the promotion of the junior officers to the next rank.

He explained through NCS spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Joseph Attah the promotions were based on merit. He stated that the breakdown of the promotions are; 897 Assistant Inspectors were promoted to inspectors; 1,426 Customs Assistant 1 promoted to Inspectors; 123 Customs Assistant 11 promoted to Customs Assistant 1; 5 Customs Assistant 111 promoted to Customs Assistant 11 respectively.

Attah also noted that in the support staff cadre, 21 Assistant Inspectors of Customs were promoted to the rank of Inspector of Customs; 208 Customs Assistant to Assistant Inspectors; 263 Customs Access 11 to Customs Assistant 1 and 31 Customs Assistant 111 to Customs Assistant 1

According to the statement;” while giving his approval for the release of the promotions, the CGC congratulated all promoted personnel and expressed the hope that these elevations will serve as motivation to effectively discharge their duties”.