Customs Appoint New DCGs, ACGs

In furtherance of its ongoing restructuring exercise, the Nigerian Customs Service has appointed six Acting Deputy Comptrollers-General to fill the gaps created by those who retired recently.

In a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Mr Wale Adeniyi on Monday, the service said that the appointments had been approved by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.).

Adeniyi said that the six officers, who were Assistant Comptrollers-General, will occupy their new positions of Deputy-Comptrollers-General in acting capacity.

See the names of the new DCGs below.
1. ACG Idris Suleiman (Finance Administration and TechnicalService)
2. ACG Iya Umar (Tariff and Trade)
3. ACG Dan Ugo (Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection)
4. ACG Grace Adeyemo (Excise, FTZ and Industrial Incentive).
5. ACG Austin Warikoru (Human Resource Development)
6. ACG Paul Ukaigwe (Strategic Research and Policy).

According to the statement, Col Ali also approved the appointment of eight Comptrollers to fill the positions of Assistant Comptrollers-General created in the exercise. See the lucky eight below.

1. Umar Sanusi (ACG Headquarters)
2. Comptroller Funsho Adegoke(ACG Information and Communications Technology)
3. Comptroller Mohammed Abbas (ACG Board)
4. Comptroller Olatunji Aremu (Command  and Staff College)
5. Comptroller Charles Edike (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘A’)
6. Comptroller Abubakar Dangaladima (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’)
7. Comptroller Azarema Abdulkadir (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘C’)
8. Comptroller Chidi Augustine (Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘D’).

The statement also announced the redeployment of seven senior officers in the persons of
ACG Adesina Odunmbaku (Finance and Technical Service);  ACG Robert Alu (Tariff and Trade);  ACG Ade Dosumu (Enforcement and Drugs); ACG Monday Abueh (Excise and Industrial Incentive); ACG Ahmed Mohammed (Human Resource Management); ACG Patience Iferi (Strategic Research and Policy) and   Comptroller Aminu Abba (Technical Services).