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Nigeria Customs Shuffles Leadership With Appointment of 5 DCGs, 8 ACGs

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May 15, 2024.

Nigeria Customs Shuffles Leadership With Appointment of 5 DCGs, 8 ACGs.
Changes in management structure announced, reflecting leadership dynamics shift
Appointments made in response to vacancies left by retiring senior officers, guided by principles of federal character, seniority, and merit

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recently announced significant changes in its management structure with the appointment of five Deputy Controllers-General and eight Assistant Comptrollers-General.

This development marks a notable shift in the leadership dynamics within the service. Superintendent Abdullahi Maiwada, the national public relations officer, revealed in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday that the Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) finalized these appointments during its 59th regular meeting.

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Chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, the meeting took place at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, May 14.

The statement clarified that these appointments are a response to the vacancies left by senior officers who recently retired from the service.

It added that the board’s appointments were guided by the principles of federal character, seniority, and merit.

“The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has confirmed the appointment of five (5) Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight (8) Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) of Customs during its 59th regular meeting,” the statement reads in part.

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NCS listed the details of the confirmed appointments as follows: Deputy Comptrollers General (DCGs) I. OO PETERS DCG /Commander Training and Doctrine Command (rtd), II. BM JIBO DCG Enforcement Inspection & Investigation. The statement further listed III. BU NWANFOR DCG Excise, Free Trade Zone & Industrial Incentives; IV. SA BOMAI DCG Commander Training and Doctrine Command; and V. CK NIAGWAN DCG Tariff & Trade.

In the Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs) category, the statement listed I. B IMAM ACG Board; II; AAS OLOYEDE ACG Trade & Tariff; III. SK DANGALDIMA ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’; andIV. A ABDULAZEEZ ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘D’. The list also includes V. SA YUSUF ACG Human Resource Development; VI. NP UMOH ACG Training and Doctrine Command; VII. CO OBIH ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘C’; and VIII. S CHIROMA ACG Strategic Research and Policy.

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