Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR

The Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi, says he will remain committed to partnering with the media for effective service delivery.

Adeniyi in a statement by Customs Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada on Monday, said media was critical to implementation of Customs mandate.

According to the statement, the Customs boss made this known when he met with Nigeria Guild of Editors, Zone A Public Relations Officers, Zone A Customs Area Controllers and journalists in Lagos.

He said the service would require the support and guidance of the media to consolidate progress made in trade facilitation, revenue collection and other areas of its mandate.

“In over 10 years, Customs has made some progress.

“We have broken several grounds on Information Communication Technology (ICT), human resource development and revenue generation.

“In the next few years, we will be building and consolidating on those grounds and hoping that there are some areas where we will deploy innovative solutions.

“Collaboration is going to be very strong on the agenda of Customs and this is why we are starting this with our partners in the media,”he said.

Adeniyi further said, “we will be open to collaborating with our partners in bringing more comprehensive reports to let Nigerians know what our challenges are.