Apapa, Tin Can Ports, Seme New Customs Controllers, Others Resume Duties

Comptrroller Nnadi
The new Customs Controllers whose appointment was announced this week by the Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, have resumed duties at their commands.
The new controllers include Compt. Jaiyeoba Jide from Oyo/Osun Area Command to Apapa Area Command, Compt. Dera Nnadi from Seme to Tin-Can Island Port, Compt. Timi Bomodi from KLT to Seme, Compt. Ahmed Abe from PCA Zone ‘C’ to Kaduna Area Command and Compt. Babandede Mohammad from Lilypond Export Command to Lagos Free Trade Zone Command.
Others are Compt. Dauda Ibrahim Chana from Investigation Headquarters to Kano/Jigawa Area Command, Compt. Martina Tilleygyado from Non-Intrusive Inspection to KLT Area Command, Compt. Oloyode Adekunle from Tin-Can Island Port to Import &/Export Headquarters while Compt. Zanna Chiroma will be leaving Import & Export for PCA Zone ‘C, among many others.
Their appointment and redeployment within the service according to the customs boss was to ensure operational efficiency in response to the statutory retirement of some management members of Nigeria Customs Service.
According to a statement by the National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, Comptrollers Florence Nanu Ogar-Modey and Queen Ogbudu were also appointed Acting Assistant Comptroller Generals Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Zonal Coordinator Zone B.
The Acting Comptroller-General congratulated the newly appointed/redeployed officers and charged them to put more effort into achieving the service’s core mandates of Revenue Generation, Suppression of Smuggling, and Trade Facilitation.
“The forum will also highlight the contributions of dockworkers/employers to the port industry as the bedrock of the nation’s economy, and showcase the growth and development of Nigerian ports in line with international best practices.
“It will also highlight the imperatives of capacity building in a fast-changing and technology-focused industry, and by extension expose the investment opportunities,” the statement said.
The new controllers include Compt. Jaiyeoba Jide from Oyo/Osun Area Command to Apapa Area Command, Compt. Dera Nnadi from Seme to Tin-Can Island Port, Compt. Timi Bomodi from KLT to Seme, Compt. Ahmed Abe from PCA Zone ‘C’ to Kaduna Area Command and Compt. Babandede Mohammad from Lilypond Export Command to Lagos Free Trade Zone Command.
Others are Compt. Dauda Ibrahim Chana from Investigation Headquarters to Kano/Jigawa Area Command, Compt. Martina Tilleygyado from Non-Intrusive Inspection to KLT Area Command, Compt. Oloyode Adekunle from Tin-Can Island Port to Import &/Export Headquarters while Compt. Zanna Chiroma will be leaving Import & Export for PCA Zone ‘C, among many others.
Their appointment and redeployment within the service according to the customs boss was to ensure operational efficiency in response to the statutory retirement of some management members of Nigeria Customs Service.
According to a statement by the National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, Comptrollers Florence Nanu Ogar-Modey and Queen Ogbudu were also appointed Acting Assistant Comptroller Generals Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Zonal Coordinator Zone B.
The Acting Comptroller-General congratulated the newly appointed/redeployed officers and charged them to put more effort into achieving the service’s core mandates of Revenue Generation, Suppression of Smuggling, and Trade Facilitation.
“The forum will also highlight the contributions of dockworkers/employers to the port industry as the bedrock of the nation’s economy, and showcase the growth and development of Nigerian ports in line with international best practices.
“It will also highlight the imperatives of capacity building in a fast-changing and technology-focused industry, and by extension expose the investment opportunities,” the statement said.