The newly promoted senior officers and men serving in Zone ‘A’ of Nigeria Customs Service was yesterday , Thursday 7th, decorated at the Zonal office in Harvey road, Yaba Lagos.
The Zonal Coordinator in charge of the Zone, ACG Modupe Aremu, while decorating the promoted officers in her zone urged them to show a high level of diligence and professionalism in their future assignments to justify the confidence reposed on them by the management.
ACG Aremu stated that those selected for promotion merited and deserved it, having gone through the strict processes and emerged successful.
It could be recalled that the NCS Board and Management Team recently promoted 2,707 senior officers to various ranks. .
Aremu who described the recent promotion process by the Service as a painstaking one, said that those selected for promotion merited and deserved it, having gone through the strict processes and emerged successful.
According to her “I was at the headquarters, Abuja during the selection processes for the promotion and I can confirm to you that it was truly painstaking, and so for your to have emerged successful means you deserve it. This should also serve as a morale booster for you to appreciate the management for your elevation to the next rank.”
“You must at all times cultivate and exhibit the virtues of hard work, diligence and professionalism. You must be dedicated to duty because only these could see you through. I must say that your promotion is well-deserved and so we are proud of your success and on behalf of the Comptroller General and the entire management team, I congratulate you all”, ACG Modupe said.
One of the newly promoted Customs Controller, Comptroller Dera Nnadi who speaks with news men after his decorationon expressed his delight to be among the promoted, he assured the Customs management that the newly promoted Comptrollers would continue to deliver on their mandates in their new assignments.
He noted that the basis of the promotion isn’t just knowledge, but other indices such as capacity, human relations, ability to contribute to the work environment.
“It is not that I’m far better than others, but I’ve always someone who adds value at every level throughout my Customs career. I’ve been PRO at Apapa and at the Zonal level. I was there during the transitioning of the seaports from Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to private operators. I was also there during the transforming of Customs processes from Asycuda 1 until the present NICIS II platform.”
“E-Customs is a very beautiful concept and I recall been a member of the team when we started implementing the first electronic payment I’m Customs. The first time scanners were brought into the ports, I was also part of the team to assure people that there was no need to be scared. Today, scanners are one of the key elements of trade facilitation at the ports,” Dera quipped.
He however, encouraged those who expected to be promoted but didn’t get it this time to keep their head high and go about their duties diligently until the next promotion, adding that the current Customs administration isn’t skewed to leave anyone disadvantaged.
Also speaking is the image maker of the Zone, Nkiru Nwala who was also promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Customs (SC), she noted that the promotion should spur officers to be more diligent and industrious, as promotions comes with more responsibilities.
“I’m encouraged and excited to do more with this promotion, but I’ve always projected the Customs Service as a Public Relations Officer in a manner deserving of the efforts put in by Customs officers. Most of the revenue collected by Service, comes from Zone A, and so do the most of the challenges.
“As the Zonal PRO, I’m resolved to continuously project the Service in good light, encourage officers, report the activities and create a robust working relationship between the media and other stakeholders,” She said
