By Adedapo Adesanya
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has decorated the new Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Adewale Adeniyi, who replaces Mr Hammed Ali.
The VP described his appointment by President Bola Tinubu as a morale booster for officers in the service.
The decoration comes a week after his appointment.
Mr Tinubu approved the appointment of Mr Adewale as the Acting Comptroller General of Customs, as he removed all the service chiefs he inherited from former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr Shettima, in a statement on Monday by the Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, congratulated Mr Adeniyi for “bringing professionalism back” to the service.
“Now, every Customs officer can aspire to occupy the pinnacle of his or her profession,” the Vice President said at a brief ceremony witnessed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, at the Presidential Villa.
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 potential when we bring in more innovation to drive Customs operations. These are the kind of things we are looking at in the years ahead.”
See the full statement below:
VP SHETTIMA DECORATES NEW CUSTOMS BOSS, SAYS APPOINTMENT MORALE BOOSTER FOR SERVING OFFICERS
*We will leverage technology, deploy innovation to drive new Customs operations – CG Adeniyi
The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima has decorated the new Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), describing the appointment of Mr Adewale Adeniyi by President Bola Tinubu as morale booster for officers in the service.
Sen. Shettima stated this today in a brief ceremony witnessed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila at the Presidential Villa.
According to the Vice President, “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.
“I wish you well, on behalf of the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Congratulations, once again,” the VP added.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the decoration ceremony, Mr Adeniyi 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.”
Continuing, Adeniyi 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”
Olusola Abiola
Director Information
Office of the Vice President
26th June 2023
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