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Customs Launches Weekly Fitness Programme in Ogun

By Web News 299

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke

The Acting Customs Area Controller, Ogun One Area Command, Mr Olukayode Afeni, has introduced a mandatory weekly fitness exercise for officers and men of the command to promote wellness and improve service efficiency.

Mr Afeni announced the initiative while addressing stakeholders at its launch, noting that the demanding nature of Customs duties, including long hours and field operations, required officers to deliberately prioritise their health.

Acting Customs Area Controller, Ogun One Area Command, Mr Olukayode Afeni, leading the newly introduced mandatory weekly fitness exercise for officers and men of the command.
Acting Customs Area Controller, Ogun One Area Command, Mr Olukayode Afeni, leading the newly introduced mandatory weekly fitness exercise for officers and men of the command.

He said the fitness programme aligned with the resolve of the Comptroller-General of Customs to build a physically and mentally fit workforce capable of meeting the operational demands of the service.

The Acting Area Controller emphasised that only healthy officers could perform optimally in the discharge of their duties, adding that the weekly exercise would hold every Thursday to enhance teamwork, discipline, and operational readiness.

Mr Afeni said the command planned to sustain the initiative and entrench fitness as part of its culture, while assuring personnel that staff welfare would remain a top priority.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Chado Zakari, said activities at the maiden exercise session included jogging, aerobics, football, and volleyball, aimed at improving physical health, reducing stress, fostering camaraderie, and boosting morale among officers.

Edited by Maxwell Oyekunle

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NCS Seeks Public’s Cooperation in the Fight against Smuggling

By Web News 961

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, wants the support of Nigerians and communities to check the activities of smugglers and put an end to the crime.

The Customs Area Controller, Ogun One Area Command, Mr. Dera Nnadi who made the appeal in Abeokuta, said the command had taken delivery of ten new operational vehicles as part of efforts to enhance the fight against smuggling.

Customs Area Controller, Ogun One Area Command, Mr. Dera Nnadi displaying one of the new vehicles given to the command

Mr. Nnadi while interacting with journalists on the activities of the command in the last month, solicited the continued support of stakeholders especially the traditional institutions in sensitizing their followers to the dangers inherent in smuggling.

The Customs Area Controller who acknowledged the efforts by the Comptroller General of Customs towards boosting anti-smuggling operations with the provision of the vehicles emphasized that the support of Nigerians was crucial to winning the fight against those he described as economic saboteurs.

Mr. Nnadi noted that if not checked, the activities of smugglers could hinder the federal government’s rice policy and promised that the command would not relent in its fight against the crime, especially ahead of the Yuletide period, during which he observed that there was usually a rise in smuggling activities.

He said the Ogun One Area Command had recorded the seizures of contraband items with the cumulative duty paid value of 172, 999, 387 naira in the last thirty-six days.

Mr. Nnadi listed the items recovered to include 12 trailer-loads of 50 kilograms of foreign parboiled rice, 300 litres of vegetable oil, bales of used clothing and shoes, petroleum products and cartons of foreign poultry products as well as 124 book size and 165 coconut size packages of Cannabis Sativa.

Olusegun Folarin