The Nigeria Customs Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C, Owerri said it recorded numerous seizures in the year 2023 which Duty Paid Value (DPV) amounted to N5,351,826,390.00. The command also decorated 49 newly promoted officers in January, 2024
Jude Nzennaya Port Harcourt
In a statement signed by the Customs Public Relations Officer (CPRO) in charge of FOU Zone C, Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) Jerry Attah who was promoted from the rank of Superintendent of Customs (SC), the seizures were made at various locations within the zone by eagle-eyed operatives of the Command.
The statement further said three officers were promoted from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) to the rank of Assistant Comptroller (AC), Five from Superintendent of Customs (SC) to Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) and three from the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Customs (DSC) to SC.
Two officers from Assistant Superintendent of Customs I (ASC I) to DSC; six from ASC II to ASC I; seventeen from IC to ASC II; eight from Assistant Inspector of Customs (AIC) to IC and one person from Customs Area I (CA I) to AIC
The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Kayode Kolade, while decorating the promoted officers, on Wednesday, 17 January, 2024 described the seizures as a result of hard-work, resilience, dedication to duty and commitment of his men and officers
Some of the items seized, he said, were pangolin scales, foreign parboiled rice, cannabis sativa (a.k.a. Indian hemp), fake pharmaceutical products, tramadol, used vehicles, used tyres, used clothing and explosive raw materials among others.
Comptroller Kayode said that as a result of the interventions of his officers in checkmating the activities of fraudulent agents at the seaports, lots of revenues, hitherto lost, have been recovered to the tune of One Hundred and Fifty Two Million, Four Hundred and Ninety-Two Thousand, Two Hundred and Fourteen Naira (N152,492,214.00) only.
The Comptroller charged the promoted officers to live above board and continue to justify the confidence reposed in them by the Service.
Also, he thanked the Comptroller-General, Wale Adeniyi MFR dsm fnipr psc (+), for his continued support and fatherly disposition which has resulted in the promotion of officers and eased up the activities of officers.
He said,“ Let me use this opportunity to appreciate the Comptroller-General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi MFR and his management team through the Board of the (NCS) for this privilege and promise our determination and zeal to perform even more as we wear our new ranks”,
“New rank comes with new and more responsibility and we must deliver on our mandate”.
“One thing that is constant in life is change. Due to the recent promotion, there will be changes in our roster and we must justify our relevance in duty assignments. We need to improve our performance this year to meet the target of N5.7 trillion set by the Service and I believe we can do it”.
