The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) have strengthened their collaboration to promote integrity, ethical conduct and accountability in the public service, with both institutions pledging to deepen compliance with the Code of Conduct for Public Officers.
The commitment was made during a courtesy visit by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mainasara Kogo, to the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja.
Speaking during the meeting, Adeniyi reaffirmed the Service’s commitment to upholding professionalism and ethical standards, noting that the NCS would continue to work closely with the Tribunal to entrench transparency and accountability.
The Customs Boss said the Service’s integrity agenda aligns with global standards set by the World Customs Organisation (WCO), stressing that maintaining ethical conduct among officers remains critical to preserving public confidence.
“Keeping an ethical Customs and ensuring that our officers operate under a strict code of conduct is fully supported by the World Customs Organisation through its integrity programme. The improper conduct of one officer can erode the credibility of the entire Service,” Adeniyi said.
He disclosed that the Service had introduced a comprehensive social media policy to regulate the conduct of its personnel, guiding officers’ behaviour both in and out of uniform in line with professional ethics.
In his Remark the Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mainasara Kogo announced that the Tribunal had completed the development of an online asset declaration platform, which will enable public officers to submit their asset declarations electronically without visiting Tribunal offices.
“We have completed the development of our online asset declaration system. Public officers will no longer need to come to our offices to complete asset declaration forms because the entire process will be done electronically,” Kogo stated.
He also revealed that the Tribunal had launched the Code of Conduct for Public Officers (CCPO) online learning platform to strengthen ethics education across the public service, while deploying Artificial Intelligence to enhance asset verification processes.
Kogo warned that failure to declare assets or making false declarations constitutes an offence under the law, urging public officers to comply fully with asset declaration requirements.
“Failure to declare assets and false declaration are offences. The easiest way for every public officer to remain compliant is to declare assets truthfully because undeclared assets may ultimately become liable to forfeiture in accordance with the law,” he added.
The meeting underscored the shared commitment of both institutions to promoting transparency, accountability and ethical governance through strengthened institutional cooperation and the adoption of Digital Innovations.
