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PBAT ECOWAS Appointment Will Promote Regional Integration, Border Security - Ag CGC

By Anne Ejuka


The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has lauded the appointment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.


Ag. CGC Adewale Adeniyi MFR, who met with the President in a private visit on the 11th of July, 2023, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, expressed joy as his appointment coincided with his emergence as the Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service. 


Adewale said he is hopeful that the President's appointment will bring better regional integration, cooperation, border security and coordinated monetary affairs.

 

According a press release from the National Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Maiwada, the Ag CG said part of the discussions with President Tinubu is to actively engage Customs administrations across the borders, particularly the strategic ones and collaborate to achieve common objectives of border security and regional integration. 


"I will be paying an official visit to the Republic of Benin, to have discussions with the Customs Administration of Benin to address the issues of border security, importation across the border, and more importantly, the deployment of technological solutions to very complex border problems," he added.


He also seized the opportunity to express profound gratitude to Mr President for finding him worthy to be the Acting Comptroller General of Customs while stating that the opportunity to meet with the President is fruitful and engaging. 


"Mr President is a very good listener. We had discussions regarding what Customs can bring to the table, in terms of actualizing  the vision of renewed hope for Nigeria, bridging the gaps in revenue generation, enforcement strategies, and most importantly, promoting port efficiency and competitiveness”.


The Acting Comptroller-General of Customs also assured of a pragmatic move towards decongestion of Nigerian ports to enhance revenue generation, facilitation of legitimate trade and suppression of smuggling.


The CGC added, "I am sure you are very familiar with the Presidential Advisory Council and there is a document which has been made public. Our discussions also centred around aligning the vision of Customs, the activities of Customs in short, medium and long terms with those noble objectives set out in PAC documents," 


Addressing the rumour of integrating government agencies, Adewale said he is not privy to any information about that yet and further explained that, though there is a common base between all the agencies that are generating revenue for the Country and there are some cross-cutting issues.


 "There are some areas where we overlap and there are some areas where we can complement each other but in terms of bringing the agencies together under one organization, we are yet to get details of that and we will be waiting to get the details and see how that pans out," he noted.

 

He further explained the ongoing processes to review the current situation against the objective of the border closure itself with the assurance that when the borders are reopened, it is not going to be the subject of rumour in any way.

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