The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali, has announced that HND holders on salary Grade Level GL 07 in the service are automatically moved to GL0 8 while a supplementary budget will be made for their salary arrears.
Ali said this during the decoration of the newly promoted senior customs officers on Monday in Abuja.
He said that officers in the inspectorate cadre on salary GL 08 and above awere to align to the appropriate rank in the superintendent cadre.
“This is expected to boost the morale of officers and eliminate confusion in the seniority of officers, “Ali said.
According to him, the rank structure of the Nigeria Customs Service is align with the Nigeria Police Force forthwith.
Ali said that the service had just promoted 3,487 senior officers.
He said that the promotion was a great height in the lives of the newly promoted senior officers, adding that promotion came with greater responsibility.
“From this moment things have changed therefore; you are now required to take up greater responsibilities” he said.