The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions on Wednesday invited the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, to appear before it on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, over the failure of some senior officials to retire after reaching their due retirement dates.
This followed the consideration of a petition by the Obasi-Pherson Help Foundation, alleging that some Assistant Comptrollers and Comptrollers were due for retirement but had blatantly refused to leave the service.
A statement issued on Wednesday by the Head of Media, House Committee on Public Petitions, Chooks Oko, named the concerned officers as Imam, Umar, and Egwu, all Assistant Comptrollers, and Awe, Fatia, and Faith, all Comptrollers.
Issuing the summons, the Committee noted that the Comptroller General has a duty as a public officer to clarify the situation to Nigerians.
