By Uzor Odigbo
Officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service all over the country are currently in celebration mood over the release of the list of names, who have been promoted by the Board of the Customs.
In the exercise which cuts across board, the Customs Board announced the appointment of four Deputy Comptroller Generals and 12 Assistant Comptroller Generals.
In the statement signed by the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Service, Mr Timi Bomodi, 2,707 Senior officers were promoted to various ranks.
The statement said the promotion exercise takes effect from 1st January, 2020, as those promoted have been overdue for it since last year.
The statement shows the breakdown of the appointments as follows:
DCG Abdullahi Babani
DCG Mohammed Boyi
DCG Elton Edorhe
DCG Katherine Ekekezie
ACG Hamza Gumi
ACG Mohammed Abba-Kura
ACG Saidu Galadima
ACG Gimba Umar
ACG Obi Ekwealor
ACG Bede Anyanwu
*ACG Mohammed Uba Garba
ACG Kayode Olusemire
ACG Lena Oyama
ACG Florence Inuk
ACG Lami Wushishi
*ACG Usman Dakingari
Among those who were promoted as Comptrollers include the Customs National PRO Joseph Attah Babajide Adeniyi, Anthony Udenze Suleiman Chiroma and 31 others.
Others include AC-DC=64, CSC-AC=118, SC-CSC=244, DSC-SC=339, ASC I-DSC=995, ASC II-ASCI=655 and IC-ASC II=257.
Among others who were promoted are 204 support staff.
The Comptroller General of the Service, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) in the statement congratulated the officers and called on them to justify the promotion by working harder
