ABUJA, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Nigeria’s Comptroller-General of Customs Hameed Ali has approved the appointment of acting Deputy Comptrollers-General of Customs.
A press release by Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday, 2 November 2015, which was signed by their Public Relations Officer Wale Adeniyi, reads:
“The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) has approved the appointment of Six (6) acting Deputy Comptrollers-General of Customs in the on-going re-organisation in the Service.
2. The six (6) Officers, who are of the rank of Assistant Comptroller-General, will occupy the positions of Deputy-Comptrollers-General in acting capacity.Those appointed are:
- ACG Idris Suleiman (Finance Administration and Technical Service)
- ACG Iya Umar (Tariff and Trade)
- ACG Dan Ugo (Enforcement Investigation and Inspection)
- ACG Grace Adeyemo (Excise, FTZ & Industrial Incentive)
- ACG Austin Warikoru (Human Resource Development)
- ACG Paul Ukaigwe (Strategic Research and Policy)
3. Eight (8) Comptrollers were similarly announced to occupy the positions of Assistant Comptrollers-General created in the exercise. They are to occupy the new offices in acting capacity. They are:
- Comptroller Umar Sanusi mni (ACG Headquarters)
- Comptroller Funsho Adegoke (ACG ICT)
- Comptroller Mohammed Abbas mni (ACG Board)
- Comptroller Olatunji Aremu mni (Command & Staff College)
- Comptroller Charles Edike (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘A’)
- Comptroller Abubakar Dangaladima (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’)
- Comptroller Azarema Abdulkadir (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘C’)
- Comptroller Chidi Augustine (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘D’)
4. Seven Officers are 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)
- Comptroller Aminu Abba (Technical Services)
5. The Changes take immediate effect. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali urged the newly – appointed Officers to redouble their efforts to justify their new responsibilities.”
