PTML Customs Gets New Area Controller

PTML Customs Gets New Area Controller
…As Compt Abba Yusuf assumes office

Following the statutory retirement of Compt Ali Mahmud Ibrahim, a new Customs boss in person of
Compt Saidu Abba Yusuf, has assumed office as Customs Area Controller (CAC) of Port Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command.

The new CAC assured officers and stakeholders of due diligence.

The new CAC, who resumed on Monday, after a brief handover ceremony with his immediate predecessor, Compt Ali Ibrahim, called for cooperation from officers and stakeholders.

Compt Yusuf, who commended his predecessor for setting up mechanism for increased revenue collection, trade facilitation and strict enforcement, urged all port users operating in PTML to make compliance a lifestyle.

According to him, “compliance saves clearance time, improves revenue collection and builds up the integrity rating of traders towards enjoying fast track benefit and possible migration to the status of Authorised Economic Operator (AEO).”

The new CAC added; “voluntary compliance creates a win – win situation for everyone, as it prevents losses that result from seizures, demand notices and penalties, which comes in the course of enforcement.”

Compt Yusuf assured the PTML Management, bonded terminal operators, shipping companies, importers, exporters, freight forwarders and haulage operators of an open door policy to sustain and improve on the template of trade facilitation.

He said; “the Command will rigorously implement all government policies including those that encourage ease of doing business, without compromising national security and government revenue”.

Also, the former CAC introduced Compt Yusuf to senior officers and some stakeholders while imploring them to extend maximum cooperation to him.

A BRIEF PROFILE OF COMPT SAIDU ABBA YUSUF, THE CUSTOMS AREA CONTROLLER OF PTML, TIN-CAN ISLAND PORT, APAPA, LAGOS.
Comptroller Saidu Abba Yusuf who hails from Idah Local Government Area of Kogi State was born in Kaduna.

He obtained Bachelor of Arts (B.A) degree in History from University of Maiduguri, Borno State and also holds a Master’s degree in International Law and Diplomacy (MILD, from University of Lagos.

The CAC joined Nigeria Customs Service in 1991. He has vast experience spanning over three decades in the Service, having impacted positively in various areas where he served.

Some of the Area Commands he served include Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA),
Cross River/Akwa Ibom; Sokoto,
Tin-can Island Port, Apapa Area Command, Adamawa/Taraba,
Tariff and Trade Department.

He also served as the D/C Valuation PTML Command, Area ll Onne Command, at the Human Resources Department of the NCS Headquarters.

He has attended several courses in Nigeria and overseas, which prepared him for various Customs functions, including anti-smuggling, revenue collection, trade facilitation and prevention of money laundering.

As a senior officer, who has built a reputation worthy of emulation, Compt Yusuf has mentored many younger colleagues, making them productive in the discharge of their official responsibilities and promoting capacity building to achieve efficiency.

His hobbies are reading and boxing.