Comptroller Dera Nnadi mni

Immediate past Customs Area Controller in charge of the Idiroko Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, has successfully completed his one-year training at the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies NIPSS, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State.

He is among the Senior Executive Course, SEC comprising 44 participants who have just completed their course.

Speaking exclusively on the successful completion of the course, shortly after the graduation ceremony at the institute Saturday, Comptroller Nnadi noted that it was a further call to service, pledging that he would work towards upholding the nation’s supply chain integrity, as the course has enabled him to learn new things, especially national cohesion.

Comptroller Nnadi

According to him, being selected for the course remains a great privilege, which he must reciprocate by renewing his commitment to the service in particular and the Nigerian nation as a whole.

“I have learnt new skills that will help me in further contributing to nation building; the most important being national cohesion, having been with 88 others from other backgrounds. I have further sharpened my potential for upholding service and national integrity”, the Comptroller said.

He expressed gratitude to the Comptroller General of the service, Col. Hameed Ali rtd. and his management team for finding him worthy to attend such course and vowed to reciprocate the gesture through more dedication to the service.

He said: “As I graduate as member of national institute mni, from the nation’s foremost National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies Kuru Jos, I renew my commitment to Nigeria Customs Service and the integrity of Nigeria’s supply chain.

“I thank the Almighty God and I will remain eternally grateful to the CGC, Col. Ibrahim Hameed Ali rtd. and his entire management for finding me worthy of attending this course. It is a call to service and I will serve as expected.”

Dignitaries at the official graduation ceremony include Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by the Minister of Transport, Engr. Mu’azu Sambo and former Inspector General of Police, M.D. Abubakar, among several others.

Recall that Comptroller Nnadi had over the years established antecedents of great performance in his career, which is also borne out of his obsession towards perfection. These antecedents have obviously become a form of personal culture, philosophy, which cut across his various postings and assignments.

For instance, in his last posting as CAC before this course at the Idiroko Border, in less than one month, the command under his watch seized a total of 12 lorry loads of foreign parboiled rice and other contraband items valued at N172.9million. This was as a result of the relaunch of the command’s anti-smuggling campaign. The command also generated a total of N2.4million revenue mainly from auction sale of seized petroleum products, especially the Premium Motor Spirit PMS and scrap metals. This was given that Federal Government’s directive on border closure was still in force and so no import and export activities took place on that trade corridor.

Other contrabands seized during the one-month period include 300 litres of vegetable oil packaged in 25-litre kegs, 20 units of used vehicles, which were means of conveyance, two pieces of motorcycles also used as means of conveyance, four bales of used clothing materials and 26 sacks of used shoes.

The command also seized were 637kg of Cannabis, 20, 775 litres of PMS loaded in 25-litre kegs, 810 cartons of frozen poultry and four sacks of used toys with a cumulative duty paid value DPV of N172.9million, among others.