BuhariComptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service· 27 August 2015 — 19 June 2023
Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd)
Retired Army Colonel and former Kaduna State Military Administrator. Refused to wear NCS uniform — a public running dispute with the Senate.
The record
Ali, a Buhari loyalist and former APC interim National Secretary, ran NCS for eight years across two terms. Revenue rose from ₦903bn (2015) to ₦3.2tn (2023).
His tenure was defined by the August 2019 partial land-border closure (rice, poultry, vehicles) which lasted until December 2020 — credited by NCS with raising revenue and by NBS with helping push food inflation to a 15-year high.
Sources
- NCS — Annual Performance Reports 2015–2023
- Presidential Order on Land Border Closure, August 2019 — Federal Ministry of Finance
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.