President Tinubu approves new Customs management team

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of three Deputy Comptroller-Generals of Customs (DCGs) and three Assistant Comptroller-Generals (ACGs).

The new appointments is as a result of the elevation of Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, formerly a Deputy Comptroller-General, to the position of Acting Comptroller General of Customs effective June 19, 2023 and the retirement of some management staff who were his contemporaries, in line with military and paramilitary tradition.

In a statement, Customs spokesman, Abdullahi Maiwada, confirmed that the newly-appointed officers include DGCs Festus Okun, Musa Baba Abdullahi and Albashir Hamisu, while the three new ACGs are Kamardeen Olumoh, Auwal Baba Mohammed and Adeogun Alajogun.

The Acting Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, thanked the retired members of the management for their meritorious service, and congratulated the newly-appointed officers and charged them to redouble their efforts to ensure the service achieves its mandates of revenue generation, suppression of smuggling and trade facilitation.