No fewer than 33 officers of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Eastern Marine Command (EMC) have been decorated with their new ranks.
The 33 officers of the command were among the 1, 561 junior officers promoted nationwide by the NCS Headquarters, Abuja. The NCS promotion was in line with the Federal Civil Service rules and regulations.
In his charge to the officers shortly after their decoration in the EMC headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the command, Comptroller Usman Kankara Bello enjoined them to be more dedicated to their respective duties.
While expressing delight and congratulating the newly promoted junior officers, Bello who was ably assisted on the decoration exercise by the Immigration Controller Rivers State Command, Comptroller Aminu Yerima said: “To whom much is given, much is expected. Be always discipline and selfless to your fatherland. You should always shun any action that are capable at tarnishing the cooperate image and reputation of the service”
A statement issued by the command and signed by its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Sunday Oyinloye quoted the CAC charging the officers to continue do their best.
Bello urged them to see the promotion as a motivation to work harder in the discharge of their roles and responsibilities as personnel of the NCS.
“Those who were not promoted should remain steadfast and committed to their duties as promotion is an on-going exercise. The management of the Nigeria Customs Service is doing very well to improve the welfare of officers and men of the service. The Comptroller General of Customs has outlined training and re-training for capacity building for officers and men with special reference to the marine command nationwide”, Bello added.
Yerima on his part said: “when promoted you have been added with more responsibilities in the discharge of your duties. Put in your best and nothing but the best in order to move the Nigeria Customs Service forward and the nation at large”, he said.
