Sokoto, Kebbi Customs Gets New Comptrollers

Sequel to the deployment of comptrollers by the Nigerian Customs Service, Comptroller Musa Omale  has taken over the mantle of leadership of Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command .

The handing and taking over ceremony between the outgoing comptroller Abdulhamid Ma’aji and incoming Musa Omale took place at the headquarters of the area command in Sokoto.

According to a statement signed by the command public relations officer, Deputy Superintendent of Customs, AT Abubakar and made available to our correspondent, the new Area Comptroller, Omale, was enlisted into Nigeria Customs Service in 1991, as Assistant Superintendent of Customs and served in various commands and formations.

Until his recent posting to Sokoto,  he served as Comptroller at NCS Headquarters in Abuja.

Similarly, the newly appointed Customs Area Controller, Kebbi Command,  Comptroller Ben Oramalugo, has also assumed duty with a pledge to build on his predecessor’s successes in improved revenue generation and sustaining the tempo in combating smuggling activities in the state.

Speaking shortly after taking over in a brief ceremony held at the Command Headquarters in Birnin Kebbi, the new Area Controller expressed his commitment to deliver on his mandate even as he charged officers and men of the Command to be committed to their duty.

“As Customs officers, we have core mandates of revenue generation, trade facilitation and suppression of smuggling, among others. And that is exactly what we are going to do. I promise that I will leave no stone unturned in realising those mandates. It’s the trust and confidence reposed in me by the management under the leadership of Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) and we will never falter or waver in living up to our responsibility,” he said.

The CAC also sought the support and understanding of all relevant stakeholders in the state, urging importers and agents to operate in compliance with Customs extant rules and procedures while declaring their goods without compromising set standards.