Dera Nnadi Bags Two Awards of Excellence at CGC Awards Night

The Tincan island Port Command of Nigeria Customs Service and Area Comptroller Dera Nnadi, mni has been honoured with Award and a Certificate of Excellence at the CGC Award Night Ceremony held on Friday November 29, 2024 in Abuja.

Following his leadership and commitment to deliver on his mandates at the Tincan island port command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, mni was celebrated by colleagues and stakeholders at the Award ceremony, for winning an Award for "Distinctive Performance" and Award of Excellence For Work Place Transformation" .

The awards, which were presented to him by the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, were in recognition of the command for its various achievements, transformation, and innovative solutions to ensure trade facilitation.

The awards read " *Winner CGC's Special Award For Work Place Transformation as well as 'In Recognition of your Distinctive Performance and Commitment to the Ideas and Vision of the Nigeria Customs Service".

Under the leadership of Comptroller Dera Nnadi, mni the command generated N 1.2tr as revenue into government coffers as of November 2024 and successfully remodelled the Tincan Island Port command administrative building built over 40 years ago without any form of renovation ever since

The Area Controller dedicated the achievements recorded to Officers and men of the command, describing the achievements as a result of teamwork, commitment, focus, and dedication of all the officers of the command.

While expressing his appreciation to the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi for the support given to the command and honour bestowed on him, Comptroller Nnadi called for continuous support from all stakeholders

He further described the award as a call for increased commitment and a challenge to sustain and improve on the pace of work at the command.

While admonishing officers of the command to see the awards as a motivation and challenge to work harder

Comptroller Nnadi urged business men and women at the Tincan island port to take advantage of the Trade modernisation project initiatives of the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniy MFR, to ensure the use of technology at the port, Trade facilitation and paperless port procedures.

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