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Shittu to Chair Prestigious Award Dinner Honoring Customs CG
By prince Benson Davies
Prince Olayiwola Shittu, a renowned maritime industry leader and former National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), will chair an award dinner honoring the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR.¹ The event, organized by Nigerian Maritime Journalists, aims to recognize CG Adeniyi’s outstanding performance and contributions to the maritime industry. The award dinner is expected to bring together top stakeholders in the maritime sector, including CEOs of government agencies, freight forwarding experts, ship owners, terminal operators, and regulators.
The event, which will be held at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Awolowo Road, Ikeja, Lagos State, by 6pm,
Nigerian Maritime Journalists, comprising all the maritime beat associations, have come together to honour the Customs CG as the “Iconic Maritime Personality of the year 2024.”
The need for the Nigerian maritime media practitioners to honor the CGC is a unanimous decision by all maritime journalists, cutting across print, electronic, and online media, led by the different beat associations.
These include the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN), League of Maritime Editors (LOME), Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON), Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN), Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria (SCAN), Online Maritime Media Association of Nigeria (OMMAN), and Congress of Nigerian Maritime Media Practitioners (CONMMEP), as well as those who do not belong to any association.
They believe that CG Adeniyi has registered sterling and excellent performance since the assumption of office as the Customs CGC.
These include unprecedented revenue collection, anti-smuggling activities, trade facilitation, national security, staff welfare, inter-agency collaboration, infrastructural upgrade, information and Communication Technology, and Corporate Social Responsibility.
