President Bola Tinubu has approved a final six-month tenure extension for the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, allowing him to remain in office until February 2027. Adeniyi’s current tenure was initially scheduled to expire on August 1, 2026.
The extension is intended to enable him to consolidate the implementation of the National Single Window project and ensure a smooth leadership transition within the Customs Service. According to a statement issued on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Adeniyi will work closely with the NCS Board during the transition period to oversee key personnel matters within the service.
“The six-month extension, which will expire in February 2027, is to enable him to consolidate the implementation of the National Single Window and ensure an orderly succession in the service. “During the transition period, Adeniyi, working with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Board, will ensure the promotion of eligible officers to the rank of Comptroller of Customs and the compulsory retirement of officers who have attained 60 years of age or have served 35 years,” Onanuga stated.
Adeniyi was appointed Comptroller-General of Customs by President Tinubu in June 2023 after serving in several senior positions within the service. A graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, he joined the Nigeria Customs Service in the late 1980s and steadily rose through the ranks.
He became a Deputy Comptroller in 2012, Comptroller in 2017, Assistant Comptroller-General in 2020, and Acting Deputy Comptroller-General in January 2023 before his appointment as Customs chief.