In 5 Years, Customs Trains 600 Officers On Commerce Facilitation

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has educated over 600 officers throughout its coaching schools and instructions as a part of its drive to spice up commerce facilitation, human capability improvement and income technology.


The Comptroller Common of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, said this yesterday in Abuja in the course of the Worldwide Customs Day celebrations with the theme ‘Nurturing the subsequent technology, selling a tradition of information sharing {and professional} satisfaction in Customs’.


He mentioned nurturing the subsequent technology of execs is important for the continued success of any organisation, which is why customs is selling a tradition of information sharing and coaching to meet its mandate

“Since 2017, we’ve got launched life-changing command and workers coaching programmes below which over 600 younger customs officers have been educated.


“Aside from constructing competencies in core customs operations, they’ve been uncovered to different core values of management, teamwork, emotional intelligence, and disaster administration amongst different areas that the service covers.

“The above accessions fall consistent with our imaginative and prescient of strengthening the construction in NCS by way of institutional change.

“Our prestigious Nigeria Customs Command and Workers School has been graduating officers who return as directing workers to the school to make sure continuity of information sharing,” he mentioned.

He added that the service will proceed to equip its coaching establishments whereas making certain enough use and equal alternatives for officers to excel.


He additional reiterated the drive of the service in assembly its income goal as stipulated by the federal authorities by way of the deployment of know-how for service supply.