…Urges him to continue training and retraining new and inherited Customs Officers
“We have the law no doubt about
that, but human resource is another major problem we currently faced.”
ZAINAB JUNAID
Prince Aderemi Olikutunyi,
Chief Executive Officer, Adlad Group, has commended Comptroller General of
Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, for successfully reviving CG annual Conference
in December 2023.
The annual Conference which
before 2023, was last held 2012 in Katsina under the then Comptroller General
Dikko Inde Abdullahi has always contributed greatly to the Service as it is an
avenue for appraisal based on Nigeria Customs Service’s contribution to the
society.
Just as the
Service is being assessed based on what the society feels at the annual
conference anytime it’s being held, the CG annual Conference is expected to be
an open place where Customs will use as it's feedback mechanism.
In a chat with our
reporter, Prince Olikutunyi extolled the CGC for hitting the ground running
immediately he assumed duty as the Comptroller General of Customs mid 2023; for
deploying officers to the right Posts and for promoting Senior Officers that are
due, late last year.
He however bemoaned lackadaisical attitude of some Customs Officers assigned to man freight forwarders issues as it has not been encouraging, thus called for training and retraining of new and inherited Officers by the CGC.
According to him, “We have
the law no doubt about that, but human resources is another problem. The Maritime
sector generally suffers lots of setbacks which is because government made it
so, but coming down to your question, the CG annual Conference 2023 was a
success and I appreciate Comptroller General Adeniyi for the recent promotion
given to some Senior Officers but he
needs to engage both the new and inherited Officers more, especially in area of
training and retraining them. It will be too early to assess him using other
parameters but my area of concern is for him to engage the Officers in trainings
needed to move the Service forward and to achieve mutual collaboration between
them and freight forwarders."
