The Board of the Nigeria Customs Service has approved the appointment of four Deputy Comptroller Generals and12 Assistant Comptrollers-General as well as the promotion of 2,707 senior officers to various ranks with effect from 1st January, 2020.
This was revealed in a statement issued, on Tuesday, by the Deputy National Public Relations Officer of the NCS, DC Timi Bomodi, on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs.
A breakdown of the appointments showed the promotion of now DCG Abdullahi Babani, DCG Mohammed Boyi, DCG Elton Edorhe, DCG Katherine Ekekezie.
ACG Hamza Gumi, ACG Mohammed Abba-Kura, ACG Saidu Galadima, ACG Gimba Umar, ACG Obi Ekwealor, ACG Bede Anyanwu, ACG Mohammed Uba Garba, ACG Kayode Olusemire, ACG Lena Oyama, ACG Florence Inuk, ACG Lami Wushishi and ACG Usman Dakingari.
Some of the newly-promoted Comptrollers were the Customs National PRO Joseph Attah, Babajide Adeniyi, Anthony Udenze, Suleiman Chiroma, among others.
The full statistics of the board approval is as follows: DCGs 4, ACGs: 12, DC-CC=35, AC-DC=64, CSC-AC=118, SC-CSC=244, DSC-SC=339, ASC I-DSC=995, ASC II-ASCI=655 and IC-ASC II=257. Of the 2,707 senior officers promoted 204 are support staff.
The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) congratulated the newly appointed and promoted Officers. He further charged them to justify the confidence reposed in them.