The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dismissed reports claiming that Comptroller-General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, has received an extension of his tenure, calling the information “inaccurate and misleading.”
In a statement released on Tuesday on its X (formerly twitter) account, and signed by Abdullahi Maiwada, Assistant Comptroller of Customs and National Public Relations Officer, on behalf of the Comptroller-General, the NCS refuted a purported directive allegedly originating from the State House regarding Adeniyi’s continued leadership.
The agency clarified that such appointments and extensions fall solely under the purview of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, in accordance with the Nigeria Customs Service Act of 2023 and other relevant public service regulations.