Emeka Okoroanyanwu
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Moday, decorated the new Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, with his new rank, thus officially flagging off the new CG’s tour of duty.
Mr. Adeniyi was recently appointed Acting CG of the Nigeria Customs Service, replacing Hameed Ali, a retired Army Colonel.
The decoration took place at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, in Abuja.
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In a brief ceremony witnessed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, Vice President Shettima, while congratulating President Ahmed Tinubu for bringing professionalism back to the Nigerian Customs Service, said every Customs officer could now aspire to occupy the pinnacle of his or her profession.
“I wish you well, on behalf of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,” Shettima said.
Mr. Adeniyi, while speaking to journalists after the decoration, expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for appointing a serving officer as the head of the agency, assuring him and Nigerians of a more effective and innovation driven Customs Service.
He said in the last eight years, the Nigeria Customs Service had gone through a period of transition, noting that in some areas, it has recorded progress.
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“We made remarkable progress in e-Customs; we made a lot of breakthroughs in capacity building. But the Customs Service can still live to its full potentials when we bring in more innovation to drive Customs operations. These are the kind of things we are looking at in the years ahead.
“We are going to be professional in our approach, there are a number of key stakeholders that we are going to be working with, it is a very onerous task but we are going to be working alongside other stakeholders and partners that we have identified.
“We intend to come up with innovations that will carry along all partners and stakeholders. We are going to leverage technology and innovation to break new grounds in Customs operations,” Mr. Adeniyi said.