Customs Approves Promotion Of 2,974 Officers

The Nigeria Customs Service has approved the promotion of 2,974 junior officers to the next rank.
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col Hameed Ali (retd), gave the approval of the promotion.
In a statement issued by the service on Friday, spokesman for the service, Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Mr Joseph Attah, said the promotions were based on merit.
Attah, in the breakdown of the promotions, said a total of 897 Assistant Inspectors were promoted to Inspectors; 1,426 Customs Assistant 1 promoted to Inspectors; 123 Customs Assistant 11 promoted to Customs Assistant 1, while five Customs Assistant 111 were promoted to Assistant 11.
The statement added that in the support staff cadre, 21 Assistant Inspectors of Customs were promoted to the rank of Inspectors of Customs; 208 customs Assistant to Assistant 1 and 31 customs Assistant 111 to Customs Assistant 1.
The statement said, “while giving his approval for the release of the promotions, the CGC congratulated all promoted personnel and expressed the hope that these elevations will serve as motivation to effectively charge their duties”.

Nkpemenyie Mcdominic, Lagos