Nigeria Customs Service Gets New Spokesman 

The Nigeria Customs Service has gotten a new national spokesman identified as Abdullahi Maiwada.

Naija News reports that this is as the Comptroller General of the  Service, Col Hameed Ali (retd.), approved the appointment of Maiwada, as the National Public Relations Officer of the service.

The development was contained in a  statement issued by the service on Monday.

According to the statement, Maiwada would take be taking over from the former spokesman, Comptroller Timi Bomodi, who had since been redeployed to Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Area Command as the Area Controller.

Maiwada, before his appointment, was the Deputy National Public Relations Officer of the service from January 2022 to February 2023.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education/Geography and a Masters degree in Environmental Management from Bayaro University, Kano.

Meanwhile Naija News learnt that the Board of the Nigeria Customs Service has approved the appointment of three Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs), and the promotion of 1,490 senior officers of general duty and support staff to various ranks.

The NCS said Greg Itotoh, Festus Okun, and Shuaibu Ibrahim have been appointed as the three Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs).

Some of the newly promoted Comptrollers, are the Customs National PRO, Timi Bomodi, Musa Omale, Zanna Chiroma, Stanley Nwankwo, Ajibola Odusanya, Paul Ekpenyong, Abubakar Umar, Maureen Ajuzieogu, MO Bewaji, among others.

Sixty-four Deputy Comptrollers (DCs) were promoted to Comptrollers of Customs (CCs), while 128 Assistant Comptrollers (ACs), moved to Deputy Comptrollers (DCs), 89 Chief Superintendents of Customs (CSCs) moved to Assistant Comptrollers (ACs), while 220 Superintendents of Customs (SCs) moved to Chief Superintendent Customs (CSCs)

107 Deputy Superintendents of Customs (DSCs) were promoted to Superintendents of Customs (SCs), while 302 Assistant Superintendents of Customs I (ASC I) moved to Deputy Superintendents of Customs (DSCs); 223 Assistant Superintendents of Customs II (ASC II) to Assistant Superintendents of Customs I (ASC I).

Also, 357 Inspectors of Customs (ICs) were moved to Assistant Superintendents of Customs II (ASC II).

Similarly, the Management of Nigeria Customs Service earlier approved the promotion of 1,252 men within the ranks of Inspectors and Customs Assistant cadres.