ACG Malanta Urges Apapa Stakeholders To Extend Same Support To His Successors … Hands Over To Auwal Mohammed
Acting Assistant Comptroller General, Yusuf Malanta has urged the Apapa officers and stakeholders to extend same support he got from them while as the Customs Area Controller of the Apapa Command of the Nigerian Customs Service to his successor , Comptroller Auwal Mohammed as he hands over the baton of leadership to him.
Speaking at the hand-over ceremony held on Friday, the out-going Area Controller urged the officers at the Command to support his successor with the same level of support he received while at the Command.
While elegizing his successor, described the Comptroller Mohammed as an exemplary Customs officer nick-named ‘Due Diligence’ for his top-notch professionalism in Customs operations and processes.
He stated that his tenure as Area Controller was an enjoyable one with robust support from his officers, port stakeholders and other sister agencies, Malanta prayed that his successor would have similar testimonies to share about the Command during his tenure.
In his words; “Apapa is my home and will always remain my home. I have friends among the officers and stakeholders, especially the press. I have known some of these friends for more than 15 years. I appreciate the intelligence reports and guidance that you availed me over the years and I want you to give it to my successor”.
On his part, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed stated that his first assignment will be to sustain the revenue drive and other laudable activities at the Command, saying, “My first assignment will be to make sure that I sustain the tempo at the Command and strive to introduce due process. This due process means we have to do our work dutifully and with regard for professionalism”.
While acknowledging that, replacing Comptroller Malanta at Apapa is a huge feat, he decorated that he is prepared for the huge task of leading the nation’s busiest port.
“I’m appealing to you not to relent on your efforts and I’m also appealing to you to grant me the same support you granted my predecessor and the sky will not be our limit, but our starting point”. He noted.
Comptroller Mohammed also encouraged port users to stick to proper declaration in order to ensure trade facilitation at the Command.
During the ceremony, awards were given out by outgoing controller to some distinguished officers of the command and also some officers of other sister agencies as officials from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
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