The Comptroller General of the
Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has said many illegal
immigrants living in Nigeria will soon be deported as the Service is set to
commence issuance of residence permits to foreigners in the country.
Disclosing this at the passing
out parade of 396 cadets in the 44th Superintendent Basic Course held at the
Immigration Training School in Kano, Babandede said NIS will begin the
deportation exercise in the next three months.
“With present security challenges
facing this nation, the only options left for the service is the issuance of
permits for all foreign nationals living in the country as a measure to curtail
insecurity issues.
“Therefore, in the next three
months, the service will commence issuance of residence permits to foreign
nationals residing in Nigeria and anybody who failed to possess his own before
the expiration of the stipulated time for the permit issuance faces
deportation,” the CG said.
He added that the 44th set is the
second to be trained under the newly developed training curriculum drafted by
the 30 professors engaged by the service, stressing that the present NIS is an
IT-driven service that attached high premium on digitalization.
“The service is gradually
conforming with international standard requirement as it is IT-driven;
therefore, it is equally very important to state here that the service has
obtained presidential approval to establish e-base immigration system where the
service will be able to share security information with other security agencies
in the nation,” Babandede added.
In her remarks, the Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Barrister Georgina Ehuriah, said it very vital
for the cadets to understand that the ministry maintains zero tolerance to
misconduct from any personnel adding that the ministry will not hesitate to
deal decisively with any reported case of misconduct.
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I can't wait to see this happening, let Nigeria be serious for once.
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