Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), retired Col. Hameed Ali, has approved the redeployment of 70 Comptrollers.
In a statement he issued, the Public Relations Officer for Customs, Mr. Joseph Attah, said the exercise was to position the service to meet the challenges of fighting smuggling, revenue collection and trade facilitation.
He quoted the CGC as saying the Federal Government policies on Agriculture, Economy and Security could only be successful with a strong, determined and patriotic Customs Service.
He charged the affected officers to bring their experiences to bear in their new postings by fighting smugglers to standstill and collecting every revenue they could collect.
“In the face of challenging security situation and increasing inclination to non-oil revenue drive, the service must step up to be counted as a necessary safety valve for national growth,” he said.
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In the statement issued on Friday, some of those affected by the redeployment include Comptroller Sa’idu Galadima, from Information Communication Technology (ICT) to Port-Harcourt Area 11 (Onne); Comptroller Abubakar Bashir from Port-Harcourt II (Onne) to Apapa; Comptroller Musa Jibrin from Apapa to Human Resources Development and Comptroller; Mohammed Aliyu of Seme Command who switched places with Comptroller Mohammed Garba of Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ among others.
The redeployment takes immediate effect.
