The Comptroller General (CG) of
the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede has disclosed that
the border police will employ 1,112 officers in its ongoing recruitment drive.
Babandede made this known
yesterday during a chat with the media.
According to him, the current
recruitment drive was meant to fill the shortfall of slots left after the
service had re-absorbed 888 of 2,000 officers engaged in May 2015, who were
later disengaged in August of the same year.
“I inherited a big problem when I came on
board with a lot of young officers protesting on the streets about the
recruitment that was cancelled in 2015,” Babandede said, in reference to the
2,000 officers that were fired by the Muhammadu Buhari administration in
August, 2015.
The Comptroller General said it
was based on his recommendation the sacked 2,000 officers were re-screened to
verify their credentials and security reports.
He further said that at the end
of the exercise the Immigration Board authenticated and reabsorbed 888 officers
back to the service; adding that the ongoing employment was therefore aimed at
providing replacement for the 1,112 laid off by the re-screening of the initial
2,000 hired in May 2015.
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