{"id":360130,"date":"2025-07-03T21:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=360130"},"modified":"2025-07-03T21:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:14:24","slug":"historic-win-osun-group-12-hails-adeniyis-election-as-wco-council-chairperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/07\/03\/historic-win-osun-group-12-hails-adeniyis-election-as-wco-council-chairperson\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Win: Osun Group 12 Hails Adeniyi&#8217;s Election as WCO Council Chairperson \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-7 ai-optimize-introduction\">A group of traditional rulers named Osun Group 12 has congratulated the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on his election as Chairperson of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\">This was contained in a congratulatory message jointly signed and released on Wednesday, July 2 by the President of the group, Oba Adedokun Abolarin and her secretary, Oba Akeem Olusayo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/iloko-ijesa-again-grim-reapers-reject-oba-akeem-ogungbangbe\/\">Ogungbangbe<\/a>, Owaloko of Iloko-Ijesa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\">The group while describing the elevation as a monumental achievement for Nigeria and Africa as a whole praised Mr. Adeniyi&#8217;s dedication to transforming Nigeria&#8217;s customs administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\">The group acknowledged that Mr. Adeniyi, as CG of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), has set new benchmarks for revenue collection, stakeholder interactions, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/22\/nigerian-customs-seize-nearly-two-tonnes-of-cannabis-worth-n398m-in-lagos\/\">customs<\/a> process digitization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\">&#8220;For the first time in 73 years, a Nigerian will lead the World Customs Organization, which has 186 members. 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