{"id":149310,"date":"2025-11-27T17:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=149310"},"modified":"2025-11-27T17:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:01:03","slug":"customs-service-board-approves-strategic-leadership-appointments-to-strengthen-trade-facilitation-revenue-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=149310","title":{"rendered":"Customs Service Board Approves Strategic Leadership Appointments to Strengthen Trade Facilitation, Revenue Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Customs Service Board Approves Strategic Leadership Appointments to Strengthen Trade Facilitation, Revenue Efficiency<\/p>\n<p>The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, on Tuesday chaired the 64th Regular Meeting of the Nigeria Customs Service Board, approving key leadership appointments and promotions to strengthen operational efficiency and reinforce the role of the Service in the country&#8217;s economic transformation.<\/p>\n<p>The Board confirmed five Deputy Comptroller-Generals and eight Assistant Comptroller-Generals in line with the Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023 and Federal Character policy, alongside Special Promotions for ten officers recognised for exceptional professionalism and contribution to national revenue and security.<\/p>\n<p>These reforms support an ongoing strategy to modernise Customs operations, enhance leadership succession and improve trade facilitation, transparency and border efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by Mohammed Manga, Finance Ministry&#8217;s Director of Information and Public Relations, as Nigeria expands non-oil revenue streams and deepens private-sector\u2013led growth, a more agile and technology-driven Customs Service is essential in reducing bottlenecks, improving clearance timelines and strengthening competitiveness under AfCFTA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customs Service Board Approves Strategic Leadership Appointments to Strengthen Trade Facilitation, Revenue Efficiency The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, on Tuesday chaired the 64th Regular Meeting of the Nigeria Customs Service Board, approving key leadership appointments and promotions to strengthen operational efficiency and reinforce the role of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":149311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,18,20],"tags":[2100,2536,2537],"class_list":["post-149310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general","category-news","category-the-nation","tag-mr-wale-edun","tag-nigeria-customs-service-board","tag-promotions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Customs Service Board Approves Strategic Leadership Appointments to Strengthen Trade Facilitation, Revenue Efficiency - The Public Pulse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, on Tuesday chaired the 64th Regular Meeting of the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=149310\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Customs Service Board Approves Strategic Leadership Appointments to Strengthen Trade Facilitation, Revenue Efficiency - The Public Pulse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, on Tuesday chaired the 64th Regular Meeting of the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=149310\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Public Pulse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-27T16:01:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251126-WA0247.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Njoku G. 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