The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service Hameed Ali questioned the NNPC's claims on the quantities of petroleum products supplied to and consumed by Nigerians wondering why the NNPC would allow the lifting of 98m litres of petrol per day when it knew the actual consumption was only 60m litres a day...
The following names are contenders but few expect a quick decision: Colonel Hameed Ali Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service: a former Military Governor of Kudana State who is well-regarded by Buhari; Ahmed Rufai Abubakar Director of the National Intelligence Agency: a close friend of Kyari's and utterly trusted; Babagana Kingibe former foreign minister and intelligence specialist: long experience in government and close to Buhari's nephew Mamman Daura and long seen as a presidential contender; Ibrahim Gambari former foreign minister and ambassador to the UN: a unifier with good international network; Brigadier Mohammed Buba Marwa former military governor of Lagos state and founder of Albarka airline: popular and knows security from the inside; Adamu Adamu education minister: cerebral polyglot and worked with Mamman Daura on the New Nigerian; his pro-Iran views might grate with Saudi Arabia and United States; Muhammad Bello Minister of the Federal Capital Territory: an efficient administrator but may lack the required political savvy...
On 4 November Hameed Ali comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service told journalists the 'partial border closure' (travellers may still move freely across frontiers) will continue until the end of January...
As the government prepares to push through some sweeping institutional changes some of its tough new appointees such as the Customs and Excise Comptroller Colonel (retired) Hameed Ibrahim Ali and the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai are already insisting that all senior officials should make public declarations of their assets as Buhari has already done...
