The Nigeria Customs Service Board has given its approval for the appointment of Constantine Dim as Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs along with five new Assistant Comptroller-Generals.

The appointments were sanctioned during the Board’s 65th Regular Meeting, presided over by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele.

According to Vanguard, a statement issued on Saturday by the National Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, Deputy Comptroller Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed that the appointments came about following the retirement of several senior management officers.

The statement further noted that the appointments were carried out in compliance with the Federal Character Policy of the Federal Government, as stipulated under Section 14(4) of the Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023.

Alongside Dim, who represents the South-East, the other newly appointed officers are Pascal Chibuoke, South-East; Sani Yahaya, North-Central; Franklin Onyeka, South-South; Chibuzor Eyakwaire, South-South; and Ethelbert Nnaji, South-East.

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, extended his congratulations to the newly constituted management team and restated the Service’s commitment to accountability, institutional strengthening and sustained revenue mobilisation.

The Customs Service also revealed that it had generated N4.30 trillion between January and June 2026, representing 36.4 per cent of its N11.074 trillion annual revenue target.

In an effort to strengthen institutional capacity, the Board approved the upgrade of the NCS Medical Corps into a full sub-department, which will be headed by an Assistant Comptroller-General and supported by nine Comptrollers.

On the matter of human capital development, the Board disclosed that successful candidates in the ongoing recruitment exercise had been invited for documentation, as well as physical and medical screening, beginning September 7, 2026.

The meeting also took up disciplinary cases involving personnel, with the Board resolving various appeals through dismissal, exoneration, warning, compulsory retirement and reinstatement.

The Board attributed the Service’s revenue performance to the full deployment of the Unified Customs Management System, B’Odogwu; enhanced post-clearance audits; the Authorised Economic Operator, AEO, initiatives; geospatial technology; joint border patrols; and stronger engagement with stakeholders in the trading community.

It also gave its approval to the Nigeria Customs Service De-Minimis Regulation 2025, in a move to align it with the NCS Act 2023.

The Board was also briefed on the ongoing ICT-driven digital transformation, as well as an invitation from the Federal Ministry of Finance requesting memoranda on proposed amendments to the Customs Act for consideration in the 2027 Finance Bill.