The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has decorated the new Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), describing the appointment of Mr. Adewale Adeniyi by President Bola Tinubu as a morale booster for officers in the service.
Olusola Abiola, the VP’s director of information, communicated this in a statement as Shettima held the brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa under the witnessship of Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the president.
According to the Vice President, “Congratulations for bringing professionalism back to the Nigerian Customs Service. Now, every officer can aspire to the pinnacle of his or her profession.
“I wish you well, on behalf of the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces. Congratulations once again,” the VP added.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the decoration ceremony, Mr. Adeniyi expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for appointing a serving officer as the head of the agency, assuring him and Nigerians of a more effective and innovation-driven Customs Service.
He said, “In the last 8 years, the Nigeria Customs Service has gone through a period of transition. In some areas, we recorded progress—we made remarkable progress in E-Customs; we made a lot of breakthroughs in capacity building. But the Customs Service can still live up to its full potential when we bring in more innovation to drive operations. These are the kinds of things we are looking at in the years ahead.”
Continuing, Adeniyi said, “We are going to be professional in our approach; there are a number of key stakeholders that we are going to be working with; it is a very onerous task, but we are going to be working alongside other stakeholders and partners that we have identified.”
“We intend to come up with innovations that will carry all partners and stakeholders along.” We are going to leverage technology and innovation to break new ground in Customs operations.”
