Olusakin Babalola,Ibadan.
The Oyo /Osun Command of Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) has got a new Customs Area Comptroller in person of Hellen Ngozi.
Findings revealed that She is the first female officer posted to the zone in the last over 10 years.
Ngozi has demonstrated that what a man can do,a woman can do it better by her prompt visit to sister security agencies in the state.
During her call to Zonal Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),She commended the commission for its efforts towards preventing economic sabotage in the country.
The custom boss, who was accompanied by senior officers of the Command, noted that the EFCC possesses a galaxy of highly skilled officers, whose display of professionalism has helped in plugging leakages that could have led to huge loss of resources for the country.
“The EFCC parades high quality staff who are efficient in investigation and prosecution of economic and financial crimes of various forms. It also has sophisticated equipments used for intelligence gathering. The EFCC provides the main backing for economic stability through its control of economic sabotage in and outsides the country."
“Your agency has a history of playing its statutory role of investigating and preventing economic and financial, and, therefore, helping to combat security challenges,” she said.
Ngozi however called for further collaboration with the anti-graft agency, saying that the existing synergy between the two organisations has brought about many successes in the fight against economic and financial crime
The acting Zonal Head of the EFCC Ibadan office, Bright Igeleke, in his response, recalled that the ties between the two agencies dated back to the early days of the EFCC when officers of the NCS were seconded to the Commission to help in its effective take-off.
“Our Commission has come a long way in its mandate of combating economic and financial crimes. But the success story cannot be complete without the mention of the input of officers seconded to the Commission from the Customs Service as part of its inaugural team,” he said.
He also called for prompt and effective intelligence sharing between the agencies in order to further help each other in their individual mandates.
It was learnt that the new officer would visit other arms of security outfits before the end of the month
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