The much-awaited award dinner being organised by Nigerian Maritime Journalists to honour the excellent performance of the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, comes up on Thursday, February 13, 2025.
The epoch-making event, which is the first of its kind in the Nigerian maritime industry, will be held at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Awolowo Road, Ikeja, Lagos State, by 6.00 pm.
The Nigerian Maritime Journalists, comprising all the associations covering the maritime beat, came together to honour the Customs CG as the “ICONIC MARITIME PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2024.
The Secretary, the Award Planning Committee, Innocent Orok recalled that the event was earlier scheduled to be held on January 16th, but was postponed, due to some unforeseen circumstances.
The need for the Nigerian maritime media practitioners to honour the CGC is a unanimous decision by all maritime journalists covering the maritime beat, cutting across print, electronic and online media, led by all the 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, among others.
The organisers, besides this superlative performance, also appreciate the Customs boss’ unrelenting support to the media, especially the maritime media.
This honour is also to set an agenda for other agencies of government and their appointees that the ever-vibrant and dogged maritime media are watching them.
The award ceremony will attract special guests from sister agencies, terminal operators, shipping companies, freight forwarders, Customs brokers, as well as other maritime stakeholders.
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2025-02-04