By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com —
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has denied alleged northern agenda in the recent appointments into the manangement cadre of the service.
In a statement issued by Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, NCS explained that all the zones of the country are equally represented at the management cadre of NCS.
According to NCS, vacancy for new appointment “is only made available through retirement, resignation, dismissal or any natural cause.
Attah explained that when “any of the above occurs, such vacancies are filled by new appointments from the zone(s).”
Part of the statement read: “In the last few months, there have been retirements of two DCGs, one from the North-East and the other from the North-West.
“There were also three ACGs that exited the Service, two retired, one dismissed. (1 from the North-East and two from North-West).
“Two DCG vacancies provided spaces for two Senior serving ACGs from the same zones of North-East and North-West to be appointed to the rank of DCG.
“This therefore increase the number of ACG vacancies to five which must be filled from the two zones that have the vacancies.
Consequently, inline with procedures, the following appointments in acting capacities were made:
- DCG Abdullahi Babani – HRD (North-East)
- DCG Mohammed Boyi – NCS TRADOC (North-West)
- Ag ACG Saidu Galadima – ICT /Modernization (North-Central)
- ACG SM Modibo – Zone ‘B’ (North-East)
- ACG Uba Mohammed – E,I&I – ( North-West)
- ACG Hamza Gummi – T&T North-West
- ACG Usman Dankigari – Doctrine & Development (TRADOC) North-West.
Following above appointments, the status of the Service Management stands as listed below.
| S/NO | RANK | NAME | DEPARTMENT | GEO-POLITICAL ZONE |
| 1 | DCG | ED CHIKAN | FATS | NORTH-CENTRAL |
| 2 | DCG | RO OLUBIYI | SR&P | SOUTH-WEST |
| 3 | DCG | A CHIDI | E,I&I | SOUTH-EAST |
| 4 | DCG | TM ISAH | T&T | NORTH-CENTRAL |
| 5 | DCG | P IFERI | FTZ,E&I,I | SOUTH-SOUTH |
| 6 | Ag. DCG | A BABANI | HRD | NORTH-EAST |
| 7 | Ag. DCG | MB BOYI | TRADOC | NORTH-WEST |
| 8 | ACG | AOB FATADE | HQ | SOUTH-WEST |
| 9 | ACG | D UMARU | HRD | NORT-CENTRAL |
| 10 | ACG | AM AREMU | FTZ, E&I,I | SOUTH-WEST |
| 11 | ACG | CO ODIBU | BOARD | SOUTH-EAST |
| 12 | ACG | KC EKEKEZIE | ZONE ‘A’ HQ | SOUTH-EAST |
| 13 | ACG | EI EDORHE | ZONE ‘C’ HQ | SOUTH-SOUTH |
| 14 | ACG | K AJIYA | ZONE ‘D’ HQ | NORTH-EAST |
| 15 | ACG | BA ADENIYI | C&SC GWAGWALADA | SOUTH-WEST |
| 16 | Ag. ACG | HK GUMMI | T&T | NORTH-WEST |
| 17 | Ag. ACG | AG SA’IDU | ICT | NORTH-CENTRAL |
| 18 | Ag. ACG | UG MOHAMMED | E,I&I | NORTH-WEST |
| 19 | Ag. ACG | SM MODIBBO | ZONE ‘B’ HQ | NORTH-EAST |
| 20 | Ag. ACG | SMU DAKINGARI | DOCTRINE & DEV. (TRADOC) | NORTH-WEST |
“As can be seen above, those who have chosen to impugn Northernization or any other sentiments are far from the truth.
“The intention of those promoting this negative narrative is suspect as the same people did not come out to shout ‘marginalization’ when due to disciplinary issues, 2 ACGs from the same zone of North-West were affected by Forced Retirement and Dismissal. It is therefore surprising that these people will wish their replacements came from different zones.
“As a Federal Government agency, NCS has and abides strictly by the rules governing Recruitment, Promotion and Appointment into the Management cadre. We therefore urge Nigerians to ignore this mischievous twist”….
