Shettima Decorates Adeniyi, as Acting Customs’ Boss Pledges Innovation-Driven NCS

Shettima Decorates Adeniyi, as Acting Customs’ Boss Pledges Innovation – Driven NCS

The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, was on Monday decorated with the epaulette of his new rank.

Vice President Kashim Shettima who decorated the Customs’ acting CG at the Presidential Villa, commended President Bola Tinubu for bringing back professionalism to the Nigeria Customs.

Shettima described Adeniyi’s appointment as a morale booster for officers in the 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,” the VP said.

Speaking to journalists at the Customs Headquarters shortly after his decoration by Shettima, an elated Adeniyi expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for appointing a serving officer as the head of the agency.

He pledged to build a more effective and innovation-driven Customs Service.

He said, “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”.

By PRNigeria