The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali has said that his decision to sack a total of 35 senior offi cers of the service comprising Deputy Comptrollers General, Assistant Comptrollers General and some Comptrollers is in line with the mandate given to him by President Muhammandu Buhari.

The service had last Thursday last week , compulsorily retired all the fi ve Deputy Comptrollers-General of the service comprising John Atte, Ibrahim Mera, Musa Tahir, Austin Nwosu and Akinade Adewuyi.

The CG, who also announced the sack of three Assistant Comptrollers General at the weekend, consisting of Madu Mohammed, who was Secretary to the Nigeria Customs Board, Victor Gbemudu, Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘A’ and Bello Liman, Assistant Comptroller-General in charge of Headquarters, said the exercise was in line with the on-going re-organisation in the Service.

According to him, the retirement of the 35 offi cers, which takes immediate effect as part of the re-organisation of the Service, is one of his core mandates handed down by the president.

Also affected in the shakeare offi cers of the rank of Comptrollers serving in Customs Headquarters, Zonal Offi ces and various Area Commands.

Ali also stated that the retirements were part of measures to kick-start the repositioning of the Service for improved performance.

The President had in September appointed Col. Hameed Ali, a military offi cer, who retired over 20 years ago as the CG of the service following the voluntary retirement Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, who served for fi ve years

The new CG had on resumption of duty, indicated that part of his mandate as the new helms man for the service by President Buhari would consist of Reform, Reform, Restructure and Revenue RRR,.

The CG, who paid his maiden working visit to the service’s commands and other seaport facilities in Lagos, had while addressing news men after the fi ve day visit ruled out the possibility of sacking offi cers and men of the service.

He had also said that only a very few offi cers and men of the service are corrupt, contrary to widely held belief even around the government circles.

It was also gathered that the CG may also have set the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC against the six sacked top offi cers, who he had investigated on resumption of offi ce with the support of the anti-graft agency and the Directorate of State Security Service DSS.

Maritime stakeholders, who reacted to the mass retirement, noted that those of the fi ve DCGs were expected but said that those of Comptrollers and ACGs were not.

They argued that the compulsory retirement of some ACGs and Comptrollers may not be unconnected with the outcome of the corruption and security checks conducted by the CG in conjunction with the DSS and EFCC.

President Buhari had come under heavy criticisms by stakeholders following the appointment of the new CG, who they argued knew next to nothing about customs administration.

They argued that the appointment of a retired military offi cer, which was second of its type, as late General Sani Abacha appointed Ango Abdullahi, to head a highly Information Communication Technology ICT-driven will take the service back by over 10 years.

These stakeholders believe that the best the president should have done is to fi sh out a young offi cer, who is untainted and not corrupt to purge the system so as to maintain professionalism and effi ciency in the service.

“Bringing a complete novice in customs operations at this stage in the history and reform of Customs administration was the worst thing to happen to the service, especially under a democratic dispensation”, the stakeholders further argued.

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Lalasticlala, Ishilove

FTC!!!

Nice one

Let's hope for the better. I hope this people knows that we are still expecting the change they promised.

Buhari i'll always choose a non corrupt
novice to do a difficult job because he will find an easy way to do it.

Aieboocaar:

Something got me baffled! Calling back somebody to head such an important sector of the nation after 20 years of his retirement!

I don't trust this CG! He looks to me like a Fanatic and a total novice!

I'm sure this man doesn't even have the slightest inkling of his job Description!

Dullards everywhere you go!

They should sack more..fccuking stinking organization

lalasticlala........................................................................................................

That is lala, lala and lala (LLL) or Reform, Restructure and Revenue (RRR)....

"It was also gathered that the CG may also have set the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC against the six sacked top officers, who he had investigated on resumption of office with the support of the anti-graft agency and the Directorate of State Security Service DSS"

Another 400 officers plan to leave this week

Sai Buhari...
Sai Ali (great job)
Sai NCS

***Where is Dikko and our rice concession fees? Abeg Col. Ali (rtd.) do the needful

All Hail Colonal Hameed SACK Ali. He fired 30,000 Civil Servants as Military Governor of Kaduna state in 1997. He is determined to sack more.

He has done it before, he will do it again!


All Hail Rtd Col. Hameed SACK Ali... Kai Baba

Hmm. Season of sacking. Anyway

Check my signature everyone

I like dis Man... Upon d sack he even escort dem wiv EFCC

If dis happens to FIRS NIMASA NCC NPA etc... cja will surely change in less dan 2yrs

wachakuta:
I like dis Man... Upon d sack he even escort dem wiv EFCC

If dis happens to FIRS NIMASA NCC NPA etc... cja will surely change in less dan 2yrs

the sacked officers must be cursing hameed Alli

I'm in support of the sack. I'm in support of repositioning customs service. What I can't phantom is why former CG Dikko is still roaming free. We all know inde Dikko was an epitome of corruption. Why is he not probed. Y is he free and his subordinates are receiving punishment for crime they committed under his tutelage and instruction. Let them start with Dikko if they are serious

ok

Good

Rubbish

story for the Gods

I hope this all works for good. Customs is a very corrupt part of this country.

deluded administration + confused fellow

sack them but create job also..... this is the sixth month. None of your campaign promises has been fulfilled.

Everything get why

Who go read this novel. Mtchewww

check physics tutorial blog you will be surprised

sacking anyhow now

Okay

Yes

Smartresult:
What is the essense of all these when just Five month some Nigerians, foreign investors have already started losing confidence in the new government, this is not far fetch from the fact that buhari has not appointed ministers to constitute his cabinet.
Some foreign media has already painted the new government as slow, notable among them is the Bloomberg, a New York based magazine with its popular post “from change champion to baba go slow.” Some Nigerians has already lost the hope they have for this government. This is evident from their continue reading

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According to Col. Hameed Ali, the sacking of the 35 officers, which takes immediate effect with more to come is one of his core mandates handed down by the president.

The first line mandate given to him by President Muhammandu Buhari is to reduce the headcount through sacking, downsize, and retrenchment...


APC and Buhary promised to create 5 Million New jobs by 2019 meaning 1.3 Million jobs per annum.

While those out of job since May 29 is close to 3,000 already ?

Hope they will not count those sacked and replace as part of the 1.3 Million NEW Jobs ?

Nigerians and the international community are watching.

sooo na fire den fire dem

Well, if it will purge the NCS of the endemic corruption it has been known for, it is a welcomed development.