Oluyinka Onigbinde
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Deputy Comptroller General of Customs ( DCG),Adeniyi Bashir Adewale as the Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)
This is according to a statement signed by the Director, Information for the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Adeniyi who hails from Modakeke in Osun state served as Customs spokesman for almost two decades until January 2017.
Adeniyi gained national momentum after he supervised the seizure of $8.07 million cash being illegally taken out of Nigeria through the E-Wing of the international airport tarmac. He was subsequently posted to head the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja as Commandant.
Meanwhile, the President also approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies in the exercise of its Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest.
The director of information, Willie Bassey, for the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said the dissolution does not, however, affect Boards, Commissions and Councils listed in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
He said In view of the development and until such a time new boards are constituted, the Chief Executive Officers of the Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies are directed to refer matters requiring the attention of their Boards to the President, through the Permanent Secretaries of their respective supervisory Ministries and Offices.
Permanent Secretaries are directed, also, to route such correspondences to Mr President through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Consequently, all Ministries, Departments and Agencies are to ensure compliance to the provision of this directive which took effect from Friday 16th June, 2023.
Permanent Secretaries are particularly directed to inform the Chief Executive Officers of the affected Agencies under the supervision of their respective Ministries/Offices for immediate
