The Western Marine Command of Nigeria Customs Service has received its substantive Customs Area Controller , Comptroller Odaudu Salefu.
Comptroller Salefu assumed office on Wednesday in Lagos.
Speaking , during a brief handing and taking over ceremony at the Command’s headquarters Ibafon Apapa, between the acting Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller SD Adamu and the new CAC, Comptroller Salefu, the newly deployed Controller, called on officers and men of the Command to join hands with him to ensure the Western Marine Command continues to fulfill it’s mandate in an efficient and professional way.
According to a statement from the Public Relations Officer, WMC Superintendent of Customs, M.A Magaji, the Area Controller urged personnel to see change in leadership as a constant phenomenon in their professional career and in life in general.
Comptroller Salefu who has worked in various Customs formations and departments brings with him very rich and vast operational experience cutting across Revenue, Enforcement, Valuation, Classification, ICT, Intelligence and Administration.
Before his present appointment as the CAC Western Marine Command, Comptroller Salefu was Comptroller in the Department of Strategy, Research and Policy (SR&P), NCS headquarters Abuja and was until his promotion to the rank of a Comptroller, the DC Compliance, Port Harcourt Area 2 Onne.
The CAC also asked Officers and Men of the Command to buckle up so as to improve on the existing tempo in anti smuggling operation and to build upon the achievements of past administration to achieve an increased scorecard.
He emphasized character and professionalism as sinequanon to productivity, while further urging Officers and men of the Command to make discipline and compliance their watch word.
Comptroller Salefu concluded by thanking the Comptroller General and his Management team for the faith reposed in him and promised to execute his responsibilities effectively and efficiently.
