LIKE CG ADENIYI, NNADI, MAIWADA; A/COMPT MOKO JOINS THE CLUB OF PhD HOLDERS IN CUSTOMS
In his administration, education has been made a priority, individually and collectively.
There is a lot of encouragement on the part of this leadership to give everyone the space to upgrade.
And that is the reason behind the very many officers who have taken their time to engage themselves with requisite courses at the various nation’s ivory towers.
Very young officers who are still looking into the future for greater heights are now busying themselves to hit the ivory towers’ records as one of their graduands in the third degree status as competent carriers of their PhD honours.
A great development in discourse. Public servants have therefore, discovered more than ever before, that their current employment is a stepping stone that can land them into better greener pastimes if they consciously upgrade themselves beyond the current functions and positions they hold.
A case in point is in the Nigeria Customs Service where , not withstanding the tight schedules of their functions, some of their officers have seen beyond now, to prepare themselves for post customs challenges.
The Customs Comptroller General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, has shown the way in clinching his PhD, recently. One would wonder why this caliber of public servant still embraced the ivory tower for more knowledge, literally having got everything in life.
Psychologists will conveniently tell you that the day you stop learning, then you are as good as dead. Education is the bedrock of life, it enlarges one’s coast, irrespective of the plum position one presently occupies.
In that realm, Abdullahi Maiwada , PhD, a Deputy Comptroller and customs Chief image maker, a book worm, is among the first ‘who saw tomorrow’
Our distinguished Deputy Comptroller General, Dera Nnadi, mni, PhD, is another officer who does not joke with education. He sees it as a gateway to knowledge and means to conquer fear and one’s poor background. He has just successfully defended his thesis.
The most current entrant into the club of PhD holders in the customs is the man who ensures the security of the Comptroller General, wherever he goes.
He can now be addressed as Assistant Comptroller Moko Young Daniel, PhD, having successfully defended his thesis on August 20,2026 at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, department of Public law, faculty of law.
Moko’s PhD in law is a dream come true. It is one day and one feat he has been looking forward to witness, and here it is.
Since he enlisted into the Service three decades ago, Moko has attended several courses locally and internationally, with more than 79 certificates/awards to his credit.
Among the courses he attended, include Regional International passenger interdiction Training organized by the United States Customs and Border Protection, Rural Border Patrol Operations Course by the Customs and another course organized by the Association of Counter Terrorism and Security Professions, USA, Inc, etcetera.
Moko is a strategic law enforcement and intelligence leader with over 39 years of distinguished service. As Principal Security Advisor to the Comptroller General, he provides high-level counsel on operational protocols and national security threats.
A legal scholar and practitioner, and called to the Bar. He has a track record in orchestrating inter-agency collaborations, managing complex border security operations and leading intelligence-driven tactical teams to dismantle cross-border criminal networks.
His core competencies are in strategic and leadership, National security and Diplomacy, legal and policy frameworks, intelligence and tactical operations as well as Risk and Disaster management.
Assistant Comptroller Moko got his masters in law (LLM) from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 2012, Barrister at Law (BL), Nigeria Law School, 2006, and Master of Philosophy ( MPHIL) in 2022.
The sky remains your stepping stone.