In view to make the country economy, welcoming and standard, The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS have disclosed its readiness to take in officers from foreign countries to come to Nigeria for training.
On Tuesday, June 1 The development was made known during a press briefing in Abuja by Mr. Hameed Ali, Comptroller-General of the NCS. Ali who hosted the Director-General, Customs Administration of Central African Republic (CAR), Mr. Fredrick Theodore Inamo, said the service would not mind sending its officers to CAR to train its officer if the need arises.
According to Ali, the NCS, being a major regional player, is ready to deepen collaboration with various neighbors, especially now that Nigeria would require intelligence gathering to battle terrorism and other border challenges.
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‘Nigeria has her own problems now and CAR has had its own. We have a plan to open the space to absorb officers from overseas to come here and train. We will let you know when the time is right. We will share ideas on insurgency and other criminal issues bordering on border issues,’ Ali assured the visiting delegation of NCS’ support.
He added: ‘It’s good to share ideas to assist one another. As brothers, in terms of population and landmass, we are bigger than CAR. We will open our works to you so you can see how we do it. We don’t mind exchanging handshakes to bring you to speed as regards the level you want to be with us. We can send our officers to train your people if need be.
‘In a nutshell, we have 15,800 staff. The Service is administered by seven departments. We have tariff and trade, finance administration and technical services, Human Resources Department, excise, free trade and industrial inspection, enforcement, investigation, and inspection research and planning, legal department and finally TRADOC (training, promotion, exams, and career-building in NCS. We have the Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada under TRADOC,” Ali explained.
In his remark, Customs DG of CAR, Fredrick Theodore Inamo, expressed gratitude to Ali for opening his gates for his team to learn.
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He said: ‘We’re here to testify to the efficacy of your actual activities in Nigeria and Africa entirely. I’ve been in charge of Customs in the Central Africa Republic for about four years. “Hameed Ali is like a big brother to me. Our visit is work-related. To learn best practices. It’s normal for the younger brother to learn from his senior. We are a little organization with 450 personnel. It’s a small administration.’
In his paper presentation on NCS modernization, an Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs, Saidu Galadima said Service has evolved over the years from a manual process establishment to almost a paperless organization. He added that as of today, NCS connects with over 23 government agencies.
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