Nigeria Customs Service chief Bashir Adeniyi to receive IPRA award in Greece

Comptroller‑General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, has been selected to receive the Special Recognition Award of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) at the 2026 Golden World Awards (GWA) in Athens, Greece, scheduled for 25 September 2026.

Three Nigerian institutions – the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) – have been shortlisted as finalists for the 2026 GWA for public‑relations campaigns run with Image Merchants Promotion Ltd. A Lagos‑based agency, LSF PR, is also shortlisted in other categories. The NCS previously won IPRA Golden World Awards in Belgrade (2024) and Ghana (2025). Adeniyi himself was named CEO of the Year at SABRE Africa 2026 in South Africa. The award notification, dated 31 July 2026 and signed by IPRA Secretary‑General Philip Sheppard, praised Adeniyi’s contributions to public‑relations practice, leadership in institutional communication and efforts to strengthen public trust and crisis‑communication systems in Nigeria.