Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has redeployed 518 officers of the service from five international airports and state commands, “to checkmate sharp practices among the affected officers.”
Many travellers have been complaining of how Immigration officers demand bribe or tips when they encounter them.
Sunday James, the NIS spokesperson, in a statement on Sunday, said that the Comptroller-General of the NIS, Muhammad Babandede, ordered the massive redeployment as part of plans to instil professionalism and enhance service delivery to the public.
The airports are Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja; Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Port Harcourt International Airport; and Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu.
The NIS boss said that the measure was also meant to reduce the number of officers in the formations by half, for efficient service delivery
Babandede warned immigration officers on the need to align with the change mantra and eliminate all unnecessary bureaucracy in the course of rendering services to the public.
The Federal Government recently established the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PBEC, with the mandate to fast track the ease of doing business in Nigeria.
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I have been expecting this to happen long ago since the first time I travelled out and return back from UK. I saw very old non skilled and barbaric practice in our Immigration officers, wow, I felt disappointed being a Nigerian. These Immigration officers are shameless, behave very local, ask for bribes, and even try to robe someone b/c no exchange of money or material things. Oh Nigeria! Why everything is so wrong, and law makers cares not on building strong institutions but how to loot. Adter leaving the airport, out there police is another terrorist to the nation in the name of service. Too many mentaly retarded people in uniform and public offices accross the nation.
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