Ali redeploys 48 Customs comptrollers, reconstitutes compliance team

The Comptroller -General of Customs , Col . Hameed Ali
( retd) , on Thursday approved the redeployment of 48
comptrollers of Customs .
The redeployment , according to a statement from the
Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Customs Service ,
Mr. Joseph Attah, is part of measures aimed at
repositioning the Customs for effective and efficient
service delivery.

The statement said the redeployment was also in line
with the ongoing reforms in the service, adding that
it would also assist to check smuggling and block
revenue leakages in the country .

The statement gave the identities of some of those
affected as M . J. Madugu, who was redeployed from
Sokoto /Kebbi /Zamfara to the Ogun Command ; E. A .
Udo -aka, who was moved from Investigation to Oyo /
Osun Command ; and K . Isiyaku , who was redeployed
from Tariff and Trade to Port Harcourt 1 , among
others.

The statement read in part , “ In a major re -jigging of
the service for effective and efficient service delivery
the Comptroller -General of Customs , Col . Hameed Ali
( retd) , has approved the redeployment of 48
comptrollers of Customs .

“ The redeployment is in line with the ongoing
reforms of the service.”
The statement added that the comptroller - general ’ s
compliance team had been disbanded and a new
team reconstituted .

The new compliance team, it added , was divided into
three teams for the western axis , northern axis and
eastern axis .

It said they were to complement the Federal
Operations Units in order to vigorously crack down
on all forms of smuggling activities nationwide , with
particular focus on the enforcement of non -
importation of rice and vehicles through the land
borders .

The statement added, “ The new CGC’ s compliance
team will be co-ordinated by Comptroller Azarema A .
A ., who before now has been the comptroller , license
and permit , at the NCS headquarters .
“ While effecting these changes, the CGC expressed
his determination to strategically reposition the
service as a crucial contributor to the success story
of the nation .”

While calling on all stakeholders to provide the
needed information for the operatives to nip
smuggling activities in the bud, the statement quoted
Ali to have said , “ Revenue leakages must be blocked ;
the nation needs all collectable revenue .”