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It is no news that the Nigeria Customs Service has been bedevilled with one ting of corruption or another, hence when questions are raised in the light of its revenue-generating
capacity as was recently questioned by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who lamented that the twin issues of systemic corruption and outsider-status of its Comptroller General, Col Hameed Ali,retd, were negatively affecting the ability of the service to perform.
Adeosun’s remarks were not in isolation, as this special report by Vanguard, provides exclusive insight into how the current workings of the NCS had become a source of concern. In August 2015, when President Muhammadu Buhari announced the appointment of Col. Hameed Ali , retd, as the Comptroller –General, CG, of Nigeria Customs Service,NCS, opinions were divided over the propriety of the appointment.
Disturbed by the development most stakeholders unanimously maintained that having a non- career person as the head of the NCS would largely not augur well for the country. They particularly contended that the new CG irrespective of his record in the Army was likely to underperform.
This grouse was informed by the belief that the activities of the NCS were technical in nature and as such, required a career officer as the CG. The stakeholders had argued that officers in the service may likely take advantage of the CG’s ignorance of the workings of NCS. Notwithstanding, there were a few, who contended that Ali was known for strict moral rectitude, a development that was expected to bring discipline and sanity to the service.
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