EXCLUSIVE: Exceptional Customs, NPA Performance Earns Exceptional Recognition

By Laterpha Eniola, Assistant Editor

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) have received special and exceptional recognition from the Federal Government.

Spynews investigations revealed that their exceptional performance in revenue generation and trade facilitation outpaced all other MDAs across the country.

The two other MDAs in the exceptional categories released by the Federal Government are the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the National Pension Commission (PENCOM).

The NCS and NPA, led by CGC Adewale Adeniyi and Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho respectively, each scored 100% plus 20% bonus points in a newly released Federal Government report obtained exclusively by Spynews.

The other agencies in Excellent (100%) positions are:

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), which is the first MDA to attain 100% implementation under the programme;

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); and
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

Also, the government recognised the following Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) for being in a very good position (80–99%).

The agencies are the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB), the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).”
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Others in the above category are Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML), Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Rural Electrification Agency (REA), and the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA).