The Comptroller-General of Customs CG, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) has appointed of Six acting Deputy Comptrollers-General of Customs in the on-going re-organisation in the Service. A statement by the spokesman, Mr. Wale Adeniyi, gave the names as: Idris Suleiman (Finance Administration and Technical Service); Iya Umar (Tariff and Trade); and Dan Ugo (Enforcement Investigation and Inspection).
The rest are: Grace Adeyemo (Excise, FTZ & Industrial Incentive) ;Austin Warikoru (Human Resource Development) ; and Paul Ukaigwe (Strategic Research and Policy). Similarly the C-G appointed Eight Assistant Comptrollers- General. They are: Umar Sanusi (ACG Headquarters); Funsho Adegoke (ACG ICT); Mohammed Abbas mni (ACG Board); Olatunji Aremu mni (Command & Staff College) and Charles Edike (Zonal Coordinator Zone . The rest are: Abubakar Dangaladima (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’; Azarema Abdulkadir (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘C’); and Chidi Augustine (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘D’)
The DCGS and ACG are to immediately take the new positions in acting capacity. Seven Officers were equally redeployed in the new exercise. They are: ACG Adesina Odunmbaku (Finance and Technical Service); ACG Robert Alu (Tariff and Trade); ACG Ade Dosumu (Enforcement and Drugs); ACG Monday Abueh mni (Excise & Industrial Incentive); ACG Ahmed Mohammed mni (Human Resource Management) ; ACG Patience Iferi (Strategic Research and Policy) and Comptroller Aminu Abba (Technical Services)
The Changes take immediate effect. The Comptroller-General of Customs urged the newly – appointed officers to redouble their efforts to justify their new responsibilities. The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, also in Abuja denied sacking 400 officers in the ongoing restructuring of the service. He told newsmen that he was rather holding meetings with stakeholders to strategise on how to achieve better service delivery in the country.
He said, “I am not aware of any sacking; you are just telling me; I don’t know.”
