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Adeniyi Takes Over as New Customs CG, Vows to Reform Agency, Boost Trade
Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, the newly appointed acting Comptroller General, CG of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has promised to reform the agency, dismantle obstacles and foster a new culture of consultations and compliance in Nigeria’s trade pattern.
According to him, hindrances will no longer impede trade at the country’s seaports and border points.
Adeniyi said, “I stand before you as the newly appointed Comptroller General humbled and honoured by the trust placed in me by our esteemed President, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR.
“Over the past eight years, the Nigeria Customs Service has embarked on a journey of transformation, focused on reforms, restructuring, and revenue generation.
“Today, we stand at the precipice of an exciting future, one that builds upon the achievements of the past and takes us even further.
“Our administration is committed to adopting a bottom-up approach, where the needs of our dear nation take precedence over everything else. We will prioritise efficiency in service delivery as the bedrock of trade facilitation and revenue generation.
“No longer shall encumbrances impede trade; we shall dismantle obstacles and foster a new culture of consultations and compliance. In order to achieve our objectives.”
More so, Shettima, while decorating him said in a statement on Monday by the Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, congratulated 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.”