VP Kashim Shettima Decorates New Customs Boss, Adewale Adeniyi [Photos]

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima has decorated Adewale Adeniyi as the new Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).

In a brief ceremony held at the Presidential Villa on Monday, June 26, Shettima said President Bola Tinubu’s selection of Mr. Adeniyi for the position is seen as a morale booster for the dedicated officers in the service.

During the event witnessed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, the vice-president highlighted the significance of bringing professionalism back to the Nigerian Customs Service.

 “Congratulations for bringing professionalism back to the Nigerian Customs Service. Now, every Customs officer can aspire to occupy the pinnacle of his or her profession.

“I wish you well, on behalf of the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Congratulations, once again,” Shettima said,

After the decoration ceremony, Mr. Adeniyi spoke to journalists and expressed his gratitude to Tinubu for selecting a serving officer as the head of the agency.

He assured the President and Nigerians of a more effective and innovation-driven Customs Service.

“In the last 8 years, the Nigeria Customs Service has gone through a period of transition. In some areas, we recorded progress – we made remarkable progress in E-Customs; we made a lot of breakthroughs in capacity building.

“But the Customs Service can still live to its full potentials when we bring in more innovation to drive Customs operations. These are the kind of things we are looking at in the years ahead.”

“We are going to be professional in our approach, there are a number of key stakeholders that we are going to be working with, it is a very onerous task but we are going to be working alongside other stakeholders and partners that we have identified.”

“We intend to come up with innovations that will carry along all partners and stakeholders. We are going to leverage technology and innovation to break new grounds in Customs operations”

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This comes a few days after the Vice President, Kashim Shettima also decorated the newly appointed Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, with his new rank.