...records Seizures worth over N5 Billion in 2023
ZAINAB JUNAID
Federal Operations Unit, Zone
“C” of the Nigeria Customs Service has decorated 49 promoted officers in the
zone.
The Zone also recorded seizures
worth Five Billion, Three Hundred and Fifty-one Million, Eight Hundred and
Twenty Six Thousand, Three Hundred and Ninety naira (N5,351,826,390.00) Duty
Paid Value in the 2023 fiscal year.
In a statement signed by the Zone’s
Public Relations Officer who is also among five newly promoted Officers to
Chief Superintendent of Customs, CSC Jerry Attah, three (3) officers were
promoted from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) to the rank of
Assistant Comptroller (AC); Five (5) from Superintendent of Customs (SC) to
Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) and three (3) from the rank of Deputy Superintendent
of Customs (DSC) to SC.
“Also, two (2) officers from
Assistant Superintendent of Customs I (ASC I) to DSC; six (6) from ASC II to
ASC I; seventeen (17) from IC to ASC II; eight (8) from Assistant Inspector of
Customs (AIC) to IC and one person from Customs Area I (CA I) to AIC.
“Among those promoted were the
Zone’s Public Relations Officer, Jerry ATTAH, who was promoted from
Superintendent of Customs (SC) to Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC).”
While decorating the newly promoted
officers on Wednesday, Zone ‘C’ Comptroller, Kayode Kolade charged them to live
above board and continue to justify the confidence reposed in them by the
Service.
He also thanked the
Comptroller-General, Bashir Wale Adeniyi MFR for his continued support and
fatherly disposition which has resulted in the promotion of officers and eased
up the activities of officers.
Comptroller Kolade further described
seizures made in 2023 as the output of hard-work, resilience, dedication to
duty and commitment of his men and officers.
According to him, some of the
items seized were pangolin scales, foreign parboiled rice, cannabis sativa (AKA
Indian hemp), fake pharmaceutical products, tramadol, used vehicles, used
tyres, used clothing and explosive raw materials among others.
The Comptroller emphasized how interventions
of his officers in checkmating activities of fraudulent agents at the seaports,
lots of revenues, hitherto lost, have led to the recovery of One Hundred and
Fifty Two Million, Four Hundred and Ninety-Two Thousand, Two Hundred and
Fourteen Naira (N152,492,214.00) only.
His words, “Let me use this
opportunity to appreciate the Comptroller-General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi MFR
and his management team through the Board of the NCS for this privilege and
promise our determination and zeal to perform even more as we wear our new
ranks.
“New rank comes with new and
more responsibility and we must deliver on our mandate.
“One thing that is constant in
life is change. Due to the recent promotion, there will be changes in our
roster and we must justify our relevance in duty assignments. We need to
improve our performance this year to meet the target of N5.7 trillion set by the
Service and I believe we can do it.”
