Many knew that Bashir Adewale Adeniyi (MFR) may likely be the successor of Col. Hameed Ali rtd., from the commissioning of the N19.6 billion naira office complex of the service at Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. He was more or less the cynosure of the event because of his prominent role as the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Commissioning of the multi-billion naira project that was said to have been started by the Late Abdullahi Dikko’s Administration.Given his role as the Chairman of the Customs office Complex Organizing Committee, Adeniyi, had made Nigerians to know that the Customs Headquarters building which has become a reality was started by Late Dikko in 2007 following the need to build a befitting office complex for the service as a second highest revenue generating agency in the nation.Until his appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the new Customs boss, Adeniyi had spent much of his years in the service in the public Relations Unit starting from the Area Command level to become the Customs National Public Relations Officer. In January 2017 he was redeployed to the Apapa Area Command as a Deputy Comptroller. On promotion as a substantive Comptroller, he was sent to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, I Command, Ikeja Lagos, where he was able to earn the rank of an Assistant Comptroller General ACG, in February 2020 as a result of his diligence that led to the seizure of $8.65 million. The money was said to have been intercepted in a bus belonging to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO, at the airport tarmac when it was to be loaded into an aircraft. This promotion therefore qualified him to be a member of the Management Team. CGC Adeniyi joined the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over three decades ago, and had served the NCS in different capacities, including being the longest-serving National Public Relations Officer of Customs from June 2003 to May 2011; he also served as Commandant of the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College Gwagwalada, Abuja. He holds a Bachelor of Science in International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in June 1987 and a Master of Arts in Communication Science in November 2013 from the Universitaire Svizzera D’Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland. In recognition of his service to the motherland, former President Muhammadu Buhari, on October 11, 2022, conferred the national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) on him. It was not a surprise when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved the confirmation of his appointment as the next Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service. This was contained in a statement by the Director of Information in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey. The statement which reads in part says, “His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the confirmation of the appointment of Adewale Adeniyi (MFR) as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service. The appointment takes effect from 19th October, 2023 and his tenure is in accordance with the extant provisions of the Public Service Rules (PSR). The President tasks him to bring his wealth of experience to bear on his new assignment.” This has put a stop to the continued use of the words "Acting Comptroller General of Customs"
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