as IGP bans use of commercial vehicles for patrol, operational duties
The newly appointed Comptroller General (CG) of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Martins Kure Abeshi said he would lead a ‘Citizen Inclusive Immigration Service’ driven by a series of operational reforms.
Speaking during his inaugural meeting with all heads of commands and formations at the service headquarters in Abuja, Abeshi outlined some of the reforms to include deepening of Internal Control/Monitoring, Border Security and Patrol as well as robust engagement with critical stakeholders of the Service with the purpose of evolving a “Citizen Inclusive Immigration Service.”
This comes as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase has directed that all police commands and formations should immediately stop the use of commercial vehicles/vehicles painted in known states’ commercial colours for police operations and patrol duties.
A statement from the NIS disclosed that the Comptroller General informed his men that the Service in partnership with Messrs CONTEC (NIS technical partner on the CERPAC Green card project), would soon introduce the e-pass project under the Trusted Travellers Scheme (TTS).
According to the statement signed by the NIS public relations officer, Chukwuemeka Obua, the maiden briefing with the CGI was attended by five Deputy Comptrollers General, 29 Assistant Comptrollers General and 56 Comptrollers.
CGI was scheduled to meet with the Passport Control Officers across all formations of the Service to read the Riot Act to them in line with the zero tolerance for corruption policy of the new administration, yesterday.
He announced that when the project takes off, all non ECOWAS visitors to Nigeria and who intend to stay in excess of 56 days would be required to register and pay a fee equivalent of $200, while those who over stay their visitors passes in excess of between 90-180 days would pay a penalty of an equivalent of $1000.
