The Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere, has approved the immediate reposting of 41 senior officers ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The Public Relations Officer (SPRO) of the service, Comptroller of Immigration (CI), Tony Akuneme, said this in a statement on Sunday, February 19, 2023 in Abuja.
Akuneme said the redeployment affected 11 Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs) in charge of the various zones as well as 30 Comptrollers posted to new states.
READ ALSO: Polls: PSC appoints coordinators, threatens sanction for police officers’ misconduct
“The states affected were mainly those that bordered Nigeria with neighbouring countries, such as Yobe, Adamawa, Sokoto, Katsina, Zamfara, Oyo, Lagos (Seme Border) and Cross River states.
“Other states that are getting new Comptrollers include: Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, FCT, Nassarawa, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers (Marine Command), Anambra and Enugu, among others,” he said.
The NIS spokesman said all the deployments were with immediate effect, adding that the CG placed a very high premium on the critical role of his personnel towards the success of the forthcoming general elections.
Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Federal Capital…
...Oyebamiji advocates Passage Of Coast Guards Bill The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has again…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Iyaganku area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital,…
Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu has urged Christians and other Nigerians to emulate the selfless…
Former United States President Bill Clinton is in a Washington hospital for testing and observation…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described the October 2020 #EndSARS protest period as one…
This website uses cookies.