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= Alhaji Bashir Adewale Adeniyi (MFR) Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service =

Alhaji Bashir Adewale Adeniyi (MFR) is the Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service. He was conferred with the national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) by Former President Muhammad Buhari on October 11, 2022.

Early life
Alhaji Bashir Adewale Adeniyi was born in Modakeke, Osun state, in the Western part of Nigeria. He completed his secondary school education at Modakeke High School in June 1979.

Education
He holds a Bachelor of Science in International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU Ile-Ife, earned in June 1987. He also obtained a Master of Arts in Communication Science from Universitaire Svizzera D’Italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland, in November 2013.

Career
Alhaji Bashir Adewale Adeniyi joined the Nigeria Customs Service over 30 years ago. He held various positions during his career:

* Served as the Customs National Public Relations Officer (Headquarters Abuja) among other duties. * Appointed Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College Gwagwalada, Abuja. * Supervised the seizure of $8.07 million cash being illegally taken out of Nigeria through the E-Wing of the international airport tarmac. * Appointed as the Commandant of the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College Gwagwalada, Abuja.
 * Deputy Comptroller of Customs (2012)
 * Comptroller of Customs (April 2017)
 * Assistant Comptroller General (February 2020)

== In January 2023, he became the Acting Deputy Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and later, in June 2023, was appointed as the Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. ==

Personal life
Alhaji Bashir Adewale Adeniyi is a Muslim and belongs to the Yoruba tribe. He is married and has children.