Customs Boss Adeniyi Receives prestigious Maritime Award, Expresses Optimism in Sustaining 2024 .momentum.

By Joe Njoku
Global Freight News.

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has received the “Iconic Maritime Personality of the Year 2024 Award organised by the Nigerian Maritime Journalists (NMJ).

During the award ceremony, the CGC expressed his desire in maintaining the positive trajectory of 2024, despite the challenges that lie ahead.

According to him, “Gradually, we are beginning to restore some sanity in the environment of policy formation and in the area of implementation where we play an important role. In 2025, we will continue in the same trajectory of ensuring that duty collection is done in an environment where there is ease in trade,” he said.

On his award, he was full of appreciation to maritime journalists for considering him worthy of the honour. “The symbolism of this award is that we have something that serve as a rallying point for all associations in the maritime journalists industry.”

He called for unity among maritime journalists and freight forwarders in the nation’s shipping industry, while also encouraging maritime journalists to engage in training programs that would make the association stand together benefit more.

Chairman of the Award Planning Committee, Mr Dele Aderibigbe described this as a unanimous decision by all maritime journalists.
“This is the first time in the subsector everyone will come together to honour a deserving performer per excellence who has made the NCS and Nigeria proud by his purposeful, professional, and patriotic leadership'”