The Area Controller, Tin Can Island Command of Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Dera Nnadi has charged the newly promoted officers at the command to use their new ranks for efficient service delivery instead of arrogating power or authority to themselves.
Comptroller Nnadi gave the charge while decorating 110 officers of the command promoted recently by management of the Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 in Lagos.
Nnadi also called on the officers to help use their new ranks to help the command to survive in its quest to meet its revenue target for the year 2024.
“This year is going to be labelled the year of stakeholders and it is going to be hanged in the shoulders of the newly promoted officers. Put in your thinking caps and come up with new ideas,” said Nnadi.
Among those decorated were nine Deputy Comptrollers who were promoted to the rank of Comptrollers, sixteen Assistant Comptrollers promoted to Deputy Comptrollers and twenty one Chief Superintendent of Customs promoted to Assistant Comptrollers.
Speaking further, Comptroller Nnadi lauded the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC) Adewale Adeniyi for the promotion of sixty seven Comptrollers at once saying it was unprecedented.
He stated that the CG was magnanimous enough to grant the promotion of officers who had been on the waiting list for sometimes.
According to him, the command personnel will work with the port users towards achieving revenue target and trade facilitation.