Nigeria Customs Service Commences Its Nationwide Officer Promotion Exams

Nigeria Customs Service has started administering promotions tests to all of its officers

The examination for the positions of Deputy Comptrollers, Assistant Comptrollers, and Chief Superintendent of Customs began on Tuesday at Sascon International School in Abuja.

The exam would be open and fair, according to Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, the acting comptroller general of customs, who spoke during the exercise.

"We had some pep talks with them to help them believe in the system and understand all the efforts that we have made to ensure that there is a lot of integrity in the process. We want them to know that promotion now is based on performance and not who you know.

"The report I got regarding the level of preparations attests to this fact that we are now reconciling ourselves to that reality; it's about what you know, how capable you are, and how you can demonstrate the knowledge of the job. So that's what should come out and what we count for each of these officers writing the exams," Adeniyi explained.