The Arewa Youths Advocate for Good Governance has called on President Bola Tinubu to implement a strategic and lawful intervention that would preserve stability within the Nigeria Customs Service to ensure that the remarkable gains recorded in recent years were not reversed.
The National Coordinator, of the group, Comrade Adamu Abdullahi, made the call during a news conference in Bauchi on Friday.
He advised that such interventions may include adopting a phased leadership transition, preserving critical institutional expertise where legally permissible, and ensuring that succession planning is driven by national interest rather than administrative timelines alone.
According to him, the group had painstakingly monitored the recent vacuum in the Nigeria Customs Service, and was concerned by the imminent retirement of a significant number of senior management officers within the same period which he said, was detrimental to the operational efficiency at a time when Nigeria could least afford such uncertainty.
“Nigeria is currently implementing far-reaching economic reforms under the Renewed Hope Agenda and at such a delicate stage, institutions responsible for revenue generation, trade facilitation, and border management must enjoy stability, policy continuity, and experienced leadership.
