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.
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To ease the pressure on the naira, the Federal Government plans to collaborate with farmers in rice producing states to boost the production of the commodity.
According to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, self-sufficiency in rice and wheat production will boost the value of the local currency which currently exchanges for N197 to the dollar at the official market.
Osinbajo said that the Federal Government was exploring self-sufficiency in rice and wheat production as a means of diversifying the economy and strengthening the naira.
He said ; “We...
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs Farida Waziri on Saturday in Makurdi, Benue State disclosed that she was a subject of “fierce attacks, slander, blackmail and threats” from oil barons while she held sway at the anti graft agency.
She said that her only sin was trying to end oil money induced corruption.
In a statement read on her behalf by her media aide, Ade Williams at Benue State University, Makurdi during the inauguration of World Bank’s Africa Centre of Excellence Project, Centre for Food Technology...
“We, the under listed officers currently on the rank of Deputy Comptroller-General met today, October 29, and unanimously agreed to voluntarily retire from the service of the Nigerian Customs Service having risen to the privileged rank of Deputy Comptroller-General.
“We thank the President for giving us the opportunity to serve our great nation.”
Well, Abujacitynews hopes the nation can also thank them for serving well....
In addition to the top officers who voluntarily retired from the Nigerian Customs Service last week, about 400 officers are fast on their way out of the service.
Reasons adduced for the imminent retirement of these officers include corruption, indiscipline, insubordination and absenteeism.
While some of the officers marked for retirement are alleged to have influenced their own promotions, others are said to have flouted redeployment directives by refusing to report at their new postings.
Some of the officers are also said to be in the habit...
Following a recent criticism by PDP spokesman, Chief Olisa Metuh that President Buhari was demarketing Nigeria, the presidency has said that Buhari will remain true to Nigerians and the International community by always telling them the truth.
Buhari had during his recent visit to India said that Nigeria was broke and could therefore not afford to engage 42 ministers as was done by the previous administration.
The PDP spokesman had subsequently criticized him for selling Nigeria cheap before the international community by saying that the country...
Telecommunications giant, MTN has pleaded for staggered payment of the $5.2b fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC for violating its guidelines on the deactivation of unregistered SIM cards.
Feelers from government quarters indicate that following a series of meetings between the company's management team from South Africa and Nigeria and the Federal Government, an agreement is being reached on the modalities for the payment.
“There have been series of meetings at the Presidency between the Vice President Osinbajo...
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