Stakeholders-Private and Public Sector Operators Upbeat

The much awaited award dinner 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 at the Airport Hotel Ikeja-LAgos

The epoch-making event, which is the first of its kind in the Nigerian maritime industry, will hold at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Awolowo Road, Ikeja, Lagos State, by 6pm.

Recall that 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 event, which was earlier scheduled to hold on January 16th, was postponed due to some unforeseen developments.

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  different 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 the mentioned associations.

They believe that CG Adeniyi has registered sterling and excellent performance since assumption of office as the Customs CGC.

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 are among reasons the CGC is being honoured.

The organisers, beside 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.

Already, private and public sector operators are very excited about the event and have indicated their interest to be part of the event!