By Femi Anamelechi
In line with efforts aimed at promoting Officers welfare , Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has kicked off a physical fitness exercise aimed at promoting the welfare and mental fitness of officers as part of efforts to encourage work-life balance. Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba, disclosed this during a physical fitness session held at the Command on Thursday, 29 January 2026. According to the CAC the initiative aligns with the work-life balance initiative of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi. “This is to keep officers both mentally and physically fit. This is more so, considering the hustle and bustle of this city, the family issues we have, all these things tell on officers, and we spend long hours working, so we need to balance work and life for longevity and good health even after service”, he said Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba pointed out importance of proactive health management, he recalled the unfortunate past incidents linked to stress and exhaustion associated to the challenging urban environment where officers of the Command operates.
The Comptrollers further disclosed that the exercise was a deliberate effort to improve officers’ fitness and productivity.”We are not doing this for publicity, it is meant to build up our fitness, so that we will be able to cope with our work schedule. We do a lot of job here and mostly mental, and many of us sit down a lot, and this affects our health, so there is need for us to be active, and we should extend this beyond what we are doing here, it should be a personal habit”.Many officers of the Command expressed their appreciation of the initiative, promising to sustain the fitness exercise, both individually and collectively, as part of efforts to maintain healthy lifestyles while ensuring the operational demands.
