The Board of the Nigeria Customs Service has approved with effect from 1st January 2022, the appointment of three Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs) as well as the promotion of 1, 490 senior officers of General Duty and Support Staff to various ranks.
A statement by Abdullahi Maiwada (Superintendent of Customs) for the National Public Relations Officer, gives a breakdown of the appointments as; ACG Greg Itotoh, ACG Festus Okun and ACG Shuaibu Ibrahim.
Some of the newly promoted Comptrollers were the Customs National PRO Timi Bomodi, Musa Omale, Zanna Chiroma, Stanley Nwankwo, Ajibola Odusanya, Paul Ekpenyong, Abubakar Umar, Maureen Ajuzieogu, MO Bewaji, among others.
The full statistics of the board’s approval are as follows:
Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs) = 03
Deputy Comptrollers (DCs) to Comptrollers of Customs (CCs) = 64
Assistant Comptrollers (ACs) to Deputy Comptrollers (DCs) = 128
Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSCs) to Assistant Comptrollers (ACs) = 89
Superintendents of Customs (SCs) to Chief Superintendent Customs (CSCs) = 220
Deputy Superintendents of Customs (DSCs) to Superintendents of Customs (SCs) = 107
Assistant Superintendents of Customs I (ASC I) to Deputy Superintendents of Customs (DSCs) = 302
Assistant Superintendents of Customs II (ASC II) to Assistant Superintendents of Customs I (ASC I) = 223 and
Inspectors of Customs (ICs) to Assistant Superintendents of Customs II (ASC II) = 357
Similarly, the Management of Nigeria Customs earlier approved the promotion of 1, 252 men within the ranks of Inspectors and Customs Assistant cadres.
The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd.) CFR congratulated the newly appointed and promoted Officers. In his message, he charged them to redouble their efforts in ensuring the Service achieves its set out goals.