The Nigeria Customs Service has announced the promotion of 2,132 junior officers who participated in the 2014 promotion exercise.
The Comptroller-general of customs, Abdullahi Dikko, gave the approval to release the promotion results following the conclusion of the exercise in Abuja.
The exercise which featured paper-based written tests and oral interviews was conducted in all customs formations in October and November last year.
A breakdown of the promotion list showed that 1,006 officers were promoted from the rank of assistant Inspector to Inspector while five customs assistants 1 were promoted to the rank of senior customs assistants even as 1,007 customs assistant II were promoted to customs assistant 1.
Dikko congratulated the promoted officers, and charged them to re-double their efforts to justify their promotions.
Meanwhile, the process that will lead to the promotion of over 2,000 senior officers is about to be completed as the senior officers have already sat for a competitive computer-based examination and oral interview.