Former Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr. Joe Abah, has criticised the recent extension of the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.
The statement comes after President Bola Tinubu approved a one-year extension for Adeniyi, whose tenure was expected to end this year.
DAILY POST reported that Adeniyi was appointed Comptroller-General in June 2023.
The extension approved by the President now allows him to remain in office until 2025.
Reacting in a post on X on Friday, Abah questioned the rationale behind the decision, describing it as a culture that lacks logic and serves no national interest.
“This culture of extending tenures that have ordinarily expired still doesn’t make any sense to me. What is the logic and purpose of it?” he wrote.
“The person concerned is given an additional year, in my own opinion, just for their own personal benefit. To my mind, there was never any discernible benefit to the country from any of the extensions granted.”
