Ugo Nosiri, Owerri
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone “C” says it recorded seizures worth N5.6 billion in the 2023 fiscal year.
The Zone “C” Comptroller, Mr. Kayode Kolade, 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 were pangolin scales, foreign parboiled rice, cannabis sativa, fake pharmaceutical products, tramadol, used vehicles, used tyres, used clothing and explosive raw materials among others.
The Comptroller also 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.
Mr. Kayode Kolade also decorated 46 officers in the zone who were recently promoted.
Three officers were promoted from the rank of Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) to the rank of Assistant Comptroller (AC); Five (5) from Superintendent of Customs (SC) to Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) and three (3) from the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Customs (DSC) to SC.
Similarly, two officers from Assistant Superintendent of Customs I (ASC I) to DSC; six (6) from ASC II to ASC I; seventeen (17) from IC to ASC II ; eight (8) from Assistant Inspector of Customs (AIC) to IC and one person from Customs Area I (CA I) to AIC.
Th Zone C comptroller charged the promoted officers to live above board and continue to justify the confidence reposed in them by the Service.
He said, “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.“
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operation Unit Zone C, comprises of the eleven states of the South-East and South-South geopolitical region.
