President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Appoints Wale Adeniyi as acting CG of NCS, Dissolves Boards of all Government Parastatals, Agencies and Government-owned Companies
ZAINAB JUNAID
This was contained in a statement signed by Willie Bassey, Director of Information for the Secretary to the Government of the FEDERATION made available to journalists recently.
With over 30 years experience in custom service, Adeniyi Bashir Adewale, prior to his new appointment, was the Deputy Comptroller General of Customs, and was conferred with the National Honour of Member of the Order of Federal Republic (MFR) by former President Muhammad Buhari in October 2022.
He has also won Comptroller-General of Customs Award for seizure of $8,065,612 million cash at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, January 2020.
Acting CG Bashir Adewale has strong command of customs regulations, laws, and procedures as well as ability to navigate and adapt to changing policies and regulations.
In a related development, Willie Bassey also disclosed that the President has approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies in the exercise of its Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest.
Willie said the dissolution does not, however, affect Boards, Commissions and Councils listed in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
To him, "In view of the development and until such a time new boards are constituted, the Chief Executive Officers of the Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies are directed to refer matters requiring the attention of their Boards to the President, through the Permanent Secretaries of their respective supervisory Ministries and Offices.
"Permanent Secretaries are directed, also, to route such correspondences to Mr President through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Consequently, all Ministries, Departments and Agencies are to ensure compliance to the provision of this directive which took effect from Friday 16th June, 2023.
"Permanent Secretaries are particularly directed to inform the Chief Executive Officers of the affected Agencies under the supervision of their respective Ministries/Offices for immediate compliance," the statement reads.
