Hyacinth Chinweuba
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has redeployed about 238 Deputy Controllers to various commands throughout the country.
The redeployment also affected the customs Public Relations Officer, Mr. Wale Adeniyi, who has been moved to Apapa Area Command.
The Deputy Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, had in a statement said all the
affected officers were expected to report at their new zones and commands immediately.
The Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali, according to Attah charged all officers and men of the service to ensure maximum collection of revenue and strict implementation of the fiscal policy of government.
The statement also said the customs boss reiterated the federal government’s ban on the importation of rice and vehicles through the land borders.
The Customs had last week announced the redeployment of Assistant Comptroller Generals of Customs.
In the exercise, Charles Edike moved from Zone A to Human Resource Development (HRD); ACG Ahmed Mohammed from HRD to Zone B; and ACG Aminu Dangaladima from Zone B to Enforcement.
ACG Francis Dosumu was moved from Enforcement to Zone D; ACG Augustine Chidi from Zone D to Excise, Free Trade Zone and Industrial Incentives (Ex, FTZ, & II); ACG Monday Abueh from Ex, FTZ, & II to Zone A while ACG Umar Sanusi was moved from the headquarters to Zone C.
Also, ACG Abdulkadir Azerema was redeployed from Zone C to the headquarters.