Customs Retires 34 Top Officiers

Barely 24 hours after 5 Deputy Comptroller Generals
unanimously tendered their resignation, the Nigerian Customs
Service have announced the immediate retirement of some
other officers. A statement by the Public Relations officer of the Nigeria
Customs Service Wale Adeniyi, said the retirement is one of
the core mandates of the Comptroller-General of Customs,
Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd).

The statement in part reads
"Those affected in the exercise are five Deputy
Comptrollers-General of Customs (DCGs) who have
earlier given notification to the Comptroller-General
for voluntary disengagement. They are John Atte MFR,
Ibrahim Mera OON, Musa Tahir mni, Austin Nwosu
and Akinade Adewuyi. Three others, of the rank of
Assistant Comptroller-General are also affected in the
re-organization exercise. They are Madu Mohammed
mni, Secretary to the Nigeria Customs Board, Victor
Gbemudu, Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘A’ and Bello
Liman, Assistant Comptroller-General, (Headquarters).
The rest are of the rank of Comptrollers serving in
Customs Headquarters, Zonal Offices and various
Area Commands. The Comptroller-General of
Customs stated that the retirements were part of
measures to kick-start the repositioning of the Service
for improved performance".