Customs boss appoints new deputy, assst. Comptroller generals, redeploys officers

By Maureen Ikpeama

Comptroller-General of  the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has appointed two Acting Deputy Comptrollers-General  and five  Acting Assistant Comptrollers -General of Customs, following the

statutory retirement of some  of the  Nigeria Custom Service management.

Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Joseph Attah, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the newly appointed Deputy Comptrollers-General were DCG Abdullahi Babani to head HRD, and DCG Mohammed Boyi, NCS TRADOC.

He stated that the appointed Assistant Comptroller-Generals were ACG Saidu Galadima in charge of ICT/Modernisation, SM Modibbo for Zone ‘B’ HQ and ACG Uba Mohammed for E,I&I.

 

He added that other ACGs appointed were Hamza Gummi to head T&T, ACG Usman Dakingari in charge of Doctrine and Development.

 

Five  senior officers were redeployed. They include,  DCG David Chikan , who was moved from TRADOC to FATS and Comptroller Mohammed Auwal was redeployed from PHI to PHII as well as Comptroller Yusuf Garba also moved from Kebbi to PHI.

 

According to him, Comptroller Hafiz Kalla is deployed to Kebbi from FATS (TS) and Comptroller Bello Jibo from Bauchi/Gombe to Seme Border Command.

 

The Comptroller-General of Customs described  the appointments and redeployments as parts of the strategic steps taken to consolidate and build on the gains of the ongoing reforms in the Service.