CGC APPROVES 4- DAYS COMPUTER BASED PROMOTION EXAMINATION FOR 5,550 OFFICERS; BEGINS NOVEMBER 16
By Timothy Paul Okorocha
A four day promotion examination time table has been approved by the Comptroller General of the Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, PhD. The examination will be computer based, written and oral, and will run from November 16 and ends on Thursday November 19th, 2026.
The promotion examination will affect officers from Deputy Comptrollers to full Comptroller, Assistant Comptrollers to Deputy Comptroller and Chief Superintendents of Customs to Assistant Comptrollers.
Superintendents, Deputy superintendents, Assistant superintendents 1 down to Customs Assistant 11 will have their days between Wednesday and Thursday next week.
The promotion exercise is expected to produce Comptrollers that will take full charge of customs administration beginning from next year when the leadership transition is expected to be completed.
A circular by the Depuy Comptroller General in charge of TRADOC, DCG Chiroma said all eligible officers are to fill and print their personnel brief forms on the MIS portal, and present only the scan code on the examination day.
He noted that examination venue for Deputy Comptrollers, Assistant Comptrollers and Chief superintendents of customs shall take place in Abuja only, while those of the Superintendents shall be in Abuja and Lagos.
Documentation at the venue will commence two hours before the examination time to enable the candidates get examination number and seats.
The TRADOC Boss said there must be orderliness in their conduct ‘as strict disciplinary measures have been put in place to deter any unwholesome practices’ The circular said the dress code for senior officers is the number 3 uniform (white on grey).
Chiroma warned that invigilators and supervisors have been empowered to record and deny participation to any officer found cheating, consulting or exhibiting any disruptive behavior before, during and after the examination.