JUST IN: Tinubu extends Customs CG Adeniyi’s tenure by six months

Politics

ABUJA, Nigeria (NPA) — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a final six-month extension of the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi.

The extension, announced in a statement on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, will take effect from August 1, 2026, and expire in February 2027.

According to the Presidency, the extension is intended to enable Adeniyi to consolidate the implementation of the National Single Window project and ensure a seamless leadership transition within the Customs Service.

The statement noted that during the transition period, Adeniyi will work closely with the Nigeria Customs Service Board to facilitate the promotion of eligible officers to the rank of Comptroller of Customs and oversee the compulsory retirement of officers who have attained the age of 60 or completed 35 years in service.

Adeniyi’s first tenure extension was due to expire on August 1, 2026.

The Comptroller-General joined the Nigeria Customs Service after graduating from Obafemi Awolowo University in the late 1980s and has risen through the ranks over the course of his career.

He became a Deputy Comptroller in 2012, Comptroller in 2017, Assistant Comptroller-General in 2020, and Acting Deputy Comptroller-General in January 2023.

President Tinubu appointed him Comptroller-General of Customs in June 2023.

The Presidency said the tenure extension would provide the necessary stability to complete ongoing reforms and strengthen institutional succession planning within the service.