mattmobis:
It is a great misstep for the CGC to refuse to accept the Board of Nigeria Customs Service stating that he is answerable to the president only.
This his position makes Customs lack the required manpower needed to move the Service fwd. Besides, how can a mere CGC sideline the Hon. Minister of Finance who is supposed to chair the Board? Just because he is a brother of the President?
Similarly, the same CGC was warned in his last meeting with the Senate to henceforth appear on his full uniform when next he meets with them or provide explanation of he does otherwise. But to our utter surprise, he didn't pay them any attention.
[s]Finally, Ali is a round pole in a triangular hole. The level of looting going on under him because of his ignorance of the customs nomenclature and codes can only be imagined!!!

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I was about to like ur comment until I read the last paragraph

godfatherx:


So after retiring from the Nigerian Army, he should come back and put on custom uniform!

Why are you so stupid?
Would you ask your secondary school principal to put on school uniform?
Thunder will fire you, the next time you quote me and use derogatory words at me!
Idiot!

you better calm down and stop displaying your ignorance in public, it's a norm and due procedures should be followed..

whether they are discussing important issues or not, from the way you talk it seems you're not working or probably have not work in a reputable organization where there are laid down rules..

No one is bigger than the law

investnotspend:


stop talking like a fool without fact , go to apapa port and ask any agent what the practice used to be before Ali and Now that alli is there , take your time and ask senior custom boss in apapa and not the corrupt ones that will not see anything good in what alli is doing and ask questions, and dont just sit in your house and hide behind your phone and be typing dust.

Thnks for reminding me how fools talk when they want to engage someone

Nigeria sha too many issues So all those top ogas in customs don't have the ability to become a CG? It's a disgrace to them because its like saying none of them are comipitent for the post of a CG.

obamabinladen:


Spoon fed Child, what do you know?. If he can't put on the customs uniform b'cos he's a retired soldier, he shouldn't have accepted the offer. There are so many retired soldiers doing Security works for companies including banks wearing the Bank's or company's security uniforms. Your stupidity is legendary.

That stupidity should really be extracted and placed in a museum for others to know the highest level of stupidity a human being has ever attained. Thank you for putting so much stupidity in a box! Thanks a lot, we reasonable Nigerians appreciate your unparalleled effort!

alaskido:
I talk am o. When Buhari go carry him friend from Army wey don retire make customs boss. I know say kasala go burst one day. The man no sabi anything about customs process. He did not rise from the rank and file. Till this moment the man still dey learn.

Those that rose thru the ranks what did they achieve.Hope you have forgotten the past comptroller and his loot

mattmobis:
It is a great misstep for the CGC to refuse to accept the Board of Nigeria Customs Service stating that he is answerable to the president only.
This his position makes Customs lack the required manpower needed to move the Service fwd. Besides, how can a mere CGC sideline the Hon. Minister of Finance who is supposed to chair the Board? Just because he is a brother of the President?
Similarly, the same CGC was warned in his last meeting with the Senate to henceforth appear on his full uniform when next he meets with them or provide explanation of he does otherwise. But to our utter surprise, he didn't pay them any attention.
Finally, Ali is a round pole in a triangular hole. The level of looting going on under him because of his ignorance of the customs nomenclature and codes can only be imagined!!!

the minister of finance can go to hell,her incomptence is the reason 190 million Nigerians cannot eat,honsble my a.as polythenic minister

mattmobis:
It is a great misstep for the CGC to refuse to accept the Board of Nigeria Customs Service stating that he is answerable to the president only.
This his position makes Customs lack the required manpower needed to move the Service fwd. Besides, how can a mere CGC sideline the Hon. Minister of Finance who is supposed to chair the Board? Just because he is a brother of the President?
Similarly, the same CGC was warned in his last meeting with the Senate to henceforth appear on his full uniform when next he meets with them or provide explanation of he does otherwise. But to our utter surprise, he didn't pay them any attention.
Finally, Ali is a round pole in a triangular hole. The level of looting going on under him because of his ignorance of the customs nomenclature and codes can only be imagined!!!

the minister of finance can go to hell,her incomptence is the reason 190 million Nigerians cannot eat,honorable my a.as polythenic minister

he sees himself too big to put on the custom uniform.
it's all about pride.
for those asking why he shud put on the uniform.
he shud put it on because he has to abide by the ethics of custom.
he has to lead by example.
he is not above custom

Colonel Comptroller General of Customs Srvice, retired col Ali was made to head the Customs because someone is nepotistic thus jeoperdizing the career of brilliant officers who have spent years building career that would have spur them to the top. Now the dollard is issuing orders and ruling without the mandatory board. This is the highest for of corruption. Rulling without the check and balances. Walahi firghting corruption in this dispensation is a ruse

Two years on Hameed Alli has not been able to change anything in the Nigeria Customs Service.
All he has achieved is to dismiss officers claiming to be pursuing a change mantra that is leading nowhere.
He has been operating and dismissing officers without a board which is covered by a statutory law. There must be a board for Nigeria Customs headed by the minister of Finance as Chairman. The Comptroller General of customs is the deputy chairman of the board and he is under the minister of finance.

Hameed Alli has refused to respect constituted authority but rather jumps over the minister of Finance and disrespectfully deals with President Buhari directly. He transferred over 200 deputy Comptrollers last month illegally without reference to a board and up till now has not paid them any allowances. How will such officers not be corrupt. You transfer an officer from Sokoto to Lagos without any provision for transport or accommodation? Ridiculous.
Alli is getting set to transfer all other ranks without provision for housing and transportation.

This intended transfer of all the customs officers in the country is a recipe for chaos,pain injustice and corruption.
Hameed Alli from day one of his appointment has shown total disrespect and scorn for an establishment that employed and rehabilitated him. He has refused to put on the uniform of the service despite the fact he is the Comptroller General of Customs and not a sole administrator.
This is highly illegal because all officers are expected to dorn the uniform according to the Customs and Excise management act.
Alli has not been able to release the result of last year's officers interview/exams because there is no board. He is waiting fo President Buhari to come back from London so that they can approve the promotions illegally without a board.

There is also a law that states that the Comptroller General of Customs MUST be appointed from among serving customs officers and that the appointee must be a graduate of a recognised university.
Alli does not tick any of these boxes so his appointment by Mr Buhari is highly illegal.

Alli refused to come to Lagos airport during the controversial hand over of the Rivers State armoured helicopters because he knew the Rivers state government would cry out later but quickly appeared during the discovery of the container of arms while relegating the officers that arrested the container to the background while hugging the limelight and grabbing all the glory for the seizure while in his mufti babariga.

obamabinladen:


Spoon fed Child, what do you know?. If he can't put on the customs uniform b'cos he's a retired soldier, he shouldn't have accepted the offer. There are so many retired soldiers doing Security works for companies including banks wearing the Bank's or company's security uniforms. Your stupidity is legendary.

The arrogance of this Customs CG is legendary. If you are too BIG to serve the nation as a customs boss, then resign immediately! He was a general, so freaking what! I guess this sense of military superiority is affecting him.

You are leading a customs service of which you are too ashamed to put on their uniform! Is Customs his private business? And that dude comparing principal and secondary school uniform with Army and Customs. SMH! Legacy of military misrule.

obamabinladen:
Why will he wear customs uniform, is he a trained custom officer. Useless senators that allowed buhari to be making useless appointments.


You can imagine a retired Army officer leading the custom without a board and refusing to be wearing customs uniform the same way buhari was leading Nigeria without ministers.

No wonder jollof rice, Egusi soup pump action guns are been imported under him.

And later they will say 2BABA no go school.

murtalaa:
it's because you guys are ignorant of the powers of President. The president has used his executive power and waived the requirement of appointing someone from within the career servicemen and by so doing has waived his requirement to wear the uniform.

Very soon he will waive the need for a legislature!

EazyMoh:

What is the uniform going to cause in terms of the important issues to be discussed?
They could at least warn that he should always kit up if he were to appear before them. But walking out is outright childish and senseless.

it z degrading for a Custom officer not to appear in full uniform when on an official duty, its lack of respect for Nigeria as a Sovereign State, it doesn't happen in a civilized world.
Imagine a military officer appearing in casual to an official meeting hosted by the govt that commissioned him.

murtalaa:
it's because you guys are ignorant of the powers of President. The president has used his executive power and waived the requirement of appointing someone from within the career servicemen and by so doing has waived his requirement to wear the uniform.

I guess as has often been the case......you've never heard of the name Major General Anthony Galaxy Hananiya.......He was an erstwhile Corps Marshall General/CEO of the FRSC........He adorned the uniform of the Corps until he concluded his tour of duty there........
He was far more senior in rank than Lt-Col Ali.
The same thing with Major General Musa Bamaiyi when he was the Chairman of the NDLEA........
Mrs. Roli Bode George also adorns her uniform as the D-G of the Agency.......

gogodaye:


I guess as has often been the case......you've never heard of the name Major General Anthony Galaxy Hananiya.......He was an erstwhile Corps Marshall General/CEO of the FRSC........He adorned the uniform of the Corps until he concluded his tour of duty there........
He was far more senior in rank than Lt-Col Ali.
The same thing with Major General Musa Bamaiyi when he was the Chairman of the NDLEA........
Mrs. Roli Bode George also adorns her uniform as the D-G of the Agency.......

let's set aside the uniform aspect aside,how about constituting a board

godfatherx:


What is the significance of the uniform?
So the 2 useless senators abandoned a meeting where millions has already been spent to organise and nothing meaningful will come out of the meeting.

Mtcheeew!

U get sense so? When Osita Chidoka was appointed Corps Marshal of FRSC by Obasanjo from Exon/mobil was he not wearing road safety uniform till he left?

obamabinladen:
Why will he wear customs uniform, is he a trained custom officer. Useless senators that allowed buhari to be making useless appointments.


You can imagine a retired Army officer leading the custom without a board and refusing to be wearing customs uniform the same way buhari was leading Nigeria without ministers.

No wonder jollof rice, Egusi soup pump action guns are been imported under him.

why can't you sent the on useless set of senators to represent you? perhaps what's the use of uniform there or is there any constitutional mandate that mandate him to wear uniform

obamabinladen:


Spoon fed Child, what do you know?. If he can't put on the customs uniform b'cos he's a retired soldier, he shouldn't have accepted the offer. There are so many retired soldiers doing Security works for companies including banks wearing the Bank's or company's security uniforms. Your stupidity is legendary.

General Haladu Hannaniya (retired) the then Corp Marshal and Chief Executive of FRSC wore the FRSC uniform all through his almost 10 years as corp marshal and ordinary Colonel will not wear the rank of Comptroller General of Customs who is equivalent to a Lt. General in the Army.

Osita Chidoka was a civilian appointed as corp marshal of FRSC and he wore the uniform all through. Some people's foolishness is just legendary.

TheAdvocate:


General Haladu Hannaniya (retired) the then Corp Marshal and Chief Executive of FRSC wore the FRSC uniform all through his almost 10 years as corp marshal and ordinary Colonel will not wear the rank of Comptroller General of Customs who is equivalent to a Lt. General in the Army.

Osita Chidoka was a civilian appointed as corp marshal of FRSC and he wore the uniform all through. Some people's foolishness is just legendary.

A custom CG without board members. I weep for Nigeria.

bafsonbaf:


why can't you sent the on useless set of senators to represent you? perhaps what's the use of uniform there or is there any constitutional mandate that mandate him to wear uniform

Mr Man if you don't know what to say Pls go to bed.

obamabinladen:


Are you a spoon fed child?. How many times have you seen all the service chiefs in a meeting without their uniforms and board members?.

He came to an important meeting on mufti and without board members and you are here talking rubbish.

But Fayose came to present a budget on military fatigue and u all hailed him and said nothing wrong.

progress69:


But Fayose came to present a budget on military fatigue and u all hailed him and said nothing wrong.

Does governors have specific uniform like military, police, customs etc?.

obamabinladen:



Does governors have specific uniform like military, police, customs etc?.

No. But if Military fatigue is meant for the military, is it now out of place for a civilian governor ti wear such in a democratic government to perform official functions?

By Samson Atekojo Usman on February 2, 2017
Hameed-Ali
For refusing to wear official custom uniforms, the Senate Committee on Customs on Thursday noted that the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. ‎Hameed Ali (Rtd) ought to have been made a sole administrator rather than being a CG.

The upper chamber explained that Customs Act was succinct on official uniforms of the management and staff of Customs and Excise duties under a paramilitary status, noting that since the CG was not ready to wear uniform since 2015 when he was appointed, he should be a sole administrator.


“The Comptroller‎-Generals of Customs the incumbent CG, supposed to have been designated as Sole Administrator and not the Comptroller-General of Customs since he is not ready to wear uniform depicting the office and rank of that position”, the Committee asserted.

The statement which was made at the interactive session with Senate Committee on Custom and Excise Duties, Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of Nigeria also noted that operations of those agencies would be Amended.

A member of the Committee, Senator Obinna Ogba‎ (PDP Ebonyi Central), believed that CG’s outfit would ‎demoralise the officers and men of the agency.

“Mr. CG, this committee will like to know the reason why you are still in mufti close to two years after your appointment as the Comptroller General of Nigeria custom service”, he fired.


Responding, Col. Ali said being a former military officer tradition and statute did not permit him to wear any other uniform again.

His response infuriated another member of the Committee, Senator Dino Melaye (APC Kogi West) who reminded him, the Custom CG that a retired General of the Nigerian Army in person of Halidu Hananiya wore Federal Road Safety’s Uniform when appointed as Corp Marshall of the agency.

Ali responded that Hananiya made a mistake, a situation that made Senator Ogba who angrily walked out of the session saying ” this is how you people keep deceiving Nigerians on wrong action and still defending it”.

Ali was also tackled by the committee over the non-composition of custom board since 2015 when it was dissolved.


Querrying operations of the Custom without its Management board in place, Committee Chairman, Senator Hope Uzodinma ‎(PDP Imo West) said it was illegal for the custom CG alone to be promoting and firing officers without the board in place and ordered immediate constitution of the board.

“You claimed that the Minister of Finance is the one delaying the composition of the board, this committee will write a letter straight away to the Minister, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Attorney General of Federation to put the board in place without any further delay.” he said.

“We are releasing you to go and sew your uniform while we continue with officials of Ministry of Finance and Central Bank”, Uzodinma added.


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murtalaa:
it's because you guys are ignorant of the powers of President. The president has used his executive power and waived the requirement of appointing someone from within the career servicemen and by so doing has waived his requirement to wear the uniform.

You are a super fool.

The lengths you people will go to justify rubbish.

How can he waive requirement to wear uniform for a position like this?

U must be a lunatic

progress69:


But Fayose came to present a budget on military fatigue and u all hailed him and said nothing wrong.

Did his camouflage dressing bear the Nigeria flag, coat of arms or any rank insignia? Did he by virtue of words or action claim to be a military man?

Senators tackle Customs CG over failure to wear uniform

Senators tackle Customs CG over failure to wear uniform

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd) Thursday came under intense Senate pressure over his refusal to wear custom uniform since his appointment in 2015.

This is coming as a former Comptroller‎- Generals of Custom said that Col. Ali should have been addressed as sole administrator of NCS and not Customs CG.

The former Customs boss, Mohammed Bello who served under former President Ibrahim Babangida administration noted that since Ali was not ready to wear a uniform depicting the office and rank of Customs CG, he should have been designated sole administrator.

The Altercation with Ali occurred at an interactive session the Senate Committee on Customs and Excise had with the management Customs, Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of Nigeria over an impending amendment bill aimed at restructuring the NCS.

A member of the Committee, Senator Obinna Ogba, demanded to know why Col Ali as Customs’ CG still appear and wear mufti close to two years after his appointment.



The Ebonyi Central Senator noted that the continuous appearance of Col Ali in mufti several months after his appointment appears to be “highly demoralising to officers and men of the front-line revenue generating agency.”

Ali fired back that as a former military officer, tradition does not permit him to wear any other uniform.

Ali’s response infuriated another of the Committee, Senator Dino Melaye.

The visibly enraged Melaye promptly reminded the Custom CG that a retired General of the Nigerian Army, Halidu Hananiya wore Federal Road Safety Commission’s uniform when he was appointed Corps Marshall of the Commission.

Ali countered and told the committee that Gen. Hananiya made a fundamental mistake by wearing FRSC uniform.

The insistence of Ali that he would not wear Customs uniform angered Senator Ogba who angrily walked out the session.

While walking out of the hearing room, Ogba retorted “this is how you people keep on deceiving Nigerians on wrong action and still defending it.”



The Customs boss would have none of that as he refused to give in to the pressure of the committee members.

The committee also confronted Ali over the non-composition of Customs board since 2015 when it was dissolved.

Chairman of the committee, Senator Hope Uzodinma, insisted that “it was wrong and in fact illegal for the Customs CG alone to promote and fire officers without the board in place.

Uzodinma mandated the CG to ensure the immediate constitution of the board in line with Customs Act.

Uzodinma said, “You claim that the Minister of Finance is the one delaying the composition of the board; this committee is writing letters straight away to the Minister, Secretary to the Government and Attorney General of Federation to put the board in place without any further delay.”

Although the session ended almost on a sour note, Uzodinma jokingly told the Custom CG that “We are releasing you to go and sow your uniform while we continue with official of Ministry of Finance and Central Bank.”

Bello at another session supported the committee for querying the Col. Ali over his continuous refusal to wear Custom uniform.

The former Customs boss noted that Col Ali should have been designated as Sole administrator and not CG of Customs since he was not prepared wear Customs uniform.

Other former Customs CGs including Buba Jacob now Gwon Gwon of Jos, Bernard-Shaw Nwadialo‎ , A. Mustapha, defended the Customs Service on implementation of destination inspection policy as against pre-shipment inspection policy which the committee said remained the existing Act.[color=#000000][/color]