The completed multi-millions Naira Nigeria Immigration Service ultra modern Office complex in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital has been put to use.
In addition, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior equally inaugurated the Migrant e-Registration in Uyo on Thursday.
Aregbesola advised Officers and personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service to shun indolence and corruption in the performance of their duties.
He said that Federal Government would work hard to providing adequate and conducive working environment for its workforce across the country.
The minister assured the immigration service that his ministry would continue to support NIS and all other agencies under it for optimal performance.
“”It is my belief that this edifice will provide the needed comfort and condition for officers and men of this command to function effectively and efficiently.
“I, therefore, enjoin our personnel serving in Akwa Ibom to rededicate themselves to the service and make good use of this new command Office complex.
“As the Service makes efforts to ensure that officers and men operate in better and conducive atmosphere, we expect renewed zeal and vigour from the personnel in their work.
He reiterated President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to strengthen internal security through a befitting working environment to enable them carry out their work in a safe and conducive atmosphere to promote loyalty and dedication.
Aregbesola charged the NIS to man the border effectively and ensure only those coming to do business in Nigeria were all to pass through our borders.
He said, “Immigration, though silent and hardly seen beyond the borders, is a major pillar in the security architecture of the nation.
“I must state that going by the ongoing reforms in the NIS, the present leadership of the Service is on track to raise the bar of service delivery.”
In his remarks, Mr Muhammad Babandede, the Comptroller General of NIS, said the Service has demonstrated readiness for better service delivery.
“We are currently constructing our technology building, which after completion, will enable the Service have a data-sharing ecosystem where relevant agencies can actually data of citizens and migrants real time,” he said.
Earlier, Mr Livingstone Amadi, the Comptroller of Immigration, Akwa Ibom Command, had said for 32 years the command operated inside federal secretariat, it was not too conducive for operations.
