Customs boss admonishes ANLCA executives to rekindle understanding, peace among themselves
... says synergy with Customs will help eradicate threats to revenue generation
Segun Oladipupo
The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi has said that the Service will continue to consult relevant stakeholders in its quest to succeed in its assignment.
The Acting CGC made this known when he received the Customs Consultative Committee led by the Chairman of the Council, Aare Hakeem Olanrewaju at the Customs Headquarters in Abuja.
Other members of the entourage include the newly elected executives of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA).
Adeniyi urged the new executives to consider the privilege of office to sustain peace among them saying that would encourage the Service to take them as vital partners.
“I want you to use this opportunity to rekindle the good understanding and peace among yourselves so that we will be able to synergize in eradicating threats against revenue collection and national security.
“The ball is now in the court of the executive, new management committee and, of course, the board members. I urge you to swing into action and start work because there is much to do to bring sanity and professionalism to the industry.”
He said that the Nigeria Customs Service now shared the challenge of consolidating the recent victory with the association which will clear the way for innovations in the automation of procedures and benefit authorised economic operators.
The Acting Comptroller-General told the new leaders of ANLCA that the Nigeria Customs Service is willing to collaborate with them to ensure the successful facilitation of trade, adding, “We are going to hold a meeting to Customs Agents to ensure that we bring the required sanity into our operations.”
On his part, Mr. Hakeem Olanrewaju, the Chairman of the Customs Consultative Committee who led the delegation, said they were at the Corporate Headquarters of the Customs to present the newly elected National Executive Council of ANLCA to the Ag. CGC.
Mr. Olanrewaju, who congratulated the Ag. CGC, on his appointment by President Bola Ahmad Tinubu, also assured the CGC that the Association had been put back on the rail after having a long time of experiencing hot fracas, adding that “With the intervention of the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs, the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents has embraced a collaborative peace.”
He also recalled how the Nigeria Customs Service, under the stewardship of Ag. CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi approved the establishment of a Customs Consultative Committee to broker peace in the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents.
Speaking at the venue, the newly elected president of the association, Emenike Kingsley Nwokeoji, appreciated the Ag CGC for taking the bull by the horns to engineer the peace deal between the factions of the association, affirming that his team have already swung into action to move the association forward.
The president, who described the Ag. CGC as the sole competent officer to lead the Service rightly, added that “Your appointment is timely and most deserving that our dear country needs the most for economic and development growth.”
He, however, extolled the Ag. CGC’s style of leadership as one that accommodates and understands issues at stake and promptly proffers solutions to them,
He said,“In that regard, we wish to inform you that we count on you; we know your antecedent, and we hope you will count on us too, to achieve your objectives.
