Comptroller Dera Nnadi, the Customs Area Controller of Tin Can Island Port Command, Nigeria Customs Service, on Friday, November 29, 2024, bagged two distinctive awards at the Comptroller General of Customs Award Night Ceremony held in Abuja.
The Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, presented the two awards – Award for Distinctive Performance and Award of Excellence for Workplace Transformation to Comptroller Dera Nnadi, in recognition of his excellent leadership and commitment to deliver on his mandates at the Tin Can Island port.
The awards also were in recognition of his command’s various achievements, transformation, and innovative solutions to ensure trade facilitation.
The awards read “Winner CGC’s Special Award For Work Place Transformation as well as ‘In Recognition of your Distinctive Performance and Commitment to the Ideas and Vision of the Nigeria Customs Service.”
Under the leadership of Comptroller Dera Nnadi, mni, the command generated N 1.2tr as revenue into the coffers of the government as of November 2024 and successfully remodelled the Tin Can Island Port command administrative building built over 40 years ago.
The Area Controller dedicated the achievements recorded to win officers and men of the command.
He described the achievements as a result of teamwork, commitment, focus, and dedication of all the officers of the command.
The Area Controller expressed appreciation to the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, for the support given to the command and honour bestowed on him. He also called for continuous support from all stakeholders
He further described the award as a call for increased commitment and a challenge to sustain and improve on the pace of work at the command.
Comptroller Dera, also urged Business men and women at the Tin Can Island port to take advantage of the Trade modernisation project initiatives of the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi MFR, to ensure the use of technology at the port, Trade facilitation and paperless port procedures.
The CAC admonished officers of the command to see the awards as a motivation and challenge to work harder.







