NCS gets new spokesman

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col. Hameed Ali, has approved the appointment of Abdullahi Maidawa, a Chief Superintendent, as the service’s Public Relations Officer (PRO).

Ali, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said Maiwada would be taking over from Mr Timi Bomodi who had been redeployed to Kiri-Kiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) Area Command as its Area Controller.

The statement showed that Maiwada holds a first degree in Education/Geography and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from Bayero University, Kano.

He also holds two additional degrees – Bachelor’s and Masters – in Mass Communication from Crescent University, Abeokuta.

The new image manager enlisted into the NCS Service in 2011 and had a stint as the Zonal PRO, Zone ‘B’ Headquarters, Kaduna, and served in similar capacity at the Ogun Command, now Ogun I and II Area Commands.

In 2020, he was deployed to the Headquarters and served as the pioneer Liaison Officer of the Nigeria Customs Broadcasting Network.

He later served as deputy to Bomodi, the immediate past PRO, from January 2022 to February 2023.

Maiwada, an Associate member of the National Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), and the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN), is a recipient of the 2020 World Customs Organisation (WCO) Meritorious Award.