Northern group criticizes customs chief for not creating enough jobs Comptroller - General, Nigeria Customs, Col Hameed Ali (retd) Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Retired), the Controller-General of the Customs Service, has come under fire from a group operating under the aegis of the Kaduna Youths Forum for neglecting to hire young people as a solution to the North's unemployment and security issues. The group claimed that there were enormous expectations of Ali, who was expected to use his eminent position to open up job chances for the throngs of unemployed youths. The group singled out Ali, who they claimed has done nothing concrete to provide job chances for them after working and supporting the All Progressives Congress to win the 2015 elections, in a press release signed by the Coordinator, Ismail Mustapha Soba. "We recalled how were overwhelmingly mobilized to join the nationwide 2012 gasoline subsidy demonstration in Kaduna that later resulted in the fall of former Presiden...