Harboursandport.com: Abuja - The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has declared that it would continue to cement strong collaboration with the Department of State Services, DSS to combat the adverse effects of smuggling and arms proliferation on Nigeria.
As part of its collaborative efforts, Ag. Comptroller-General of the Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, paid a familiarization visit to the Director-General of DSS, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, at DSS Headquarters, Abuja.
The Customs Boss, who appreciated Bichi, stressed that maintaining a mutual partnership between the two Agencies will go a long way in enhancing national security.
“I hereby extend the Nigeria Customs Service's friendly hands to solicit your support for better service to our dear country - which will intensify border security across the country,” he said.
He also appreciated the DG for availing an opportunity to some of his senior officers to take part in special courses at the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), which, according to him, “The development has broadened their capacity in discharging their constitutional duties.”
Responding, the Director-General of the Department of State Service, DSS, Bichi, commended the Customs boss for his ‘notable’ resilience in carrying out the affairs of the Service, since his appointment.
The DSS boss affirmed that “teamwork is the basis for success in the fight against insecurity as no agency can do it alone.”
He further highlighted that sustaining the Customs-DSS synergy will be a game changer in the counter-threat actions across border areas, pledging that his office will continue to provide intelligence to Customs to aid their performance.
He assured his visitor that he will make DSS facilities available for training and retraining of middle cadre Customs officers.
As a mark of commitment to his pronouncements, the DGSS immediately directed his relevant departments to urgently engage their Customs Counterparts for the required synergy to actualise national security objectives. He also took the CGC on a tour of critical infrastructure.
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