Now, every Customs officer can aspire to occupy the pinnacle of his or her profession
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – The Vice President of Nigeria, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has hailed the appointment of the new Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi by President Bola Tinubu, saying it is a morale booster for officers in the service.
Sen. Shettima stated this on Monday while decorating the CG in a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa. The event was witnessed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila.
According to the Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olushola Abiola, Shettima said the development will encourage more officers to aspire for the highest rank in the service.
“Congratulations for bringing professionalism back to the Nigerian Customs Service. Now, every Customs officer can aspire to occupy the pinnacle of his or her profession,” the VP said, adding, “I wish you well, on behalf of the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed.”
Speaking to journalists shortly after the decoration ceremony, the CG 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 8 years, the Nigeria Customs Service has gone through a period of transition. In some areas, we recorded progress – 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.”
Adeniyi further said: “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.”