Immigration Service unveils new office complex in Kwara State

Date: 2020-06-25

The Minister for Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has disclosed that the newly commissioned office building of the Nigerian Immigration Service, (NIS) in Ilorin, Kwara State is part of the achievement of the current administration in repositioning the nation.

This, according to Aregbesola, has further indicated President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to improve infrastructural development across the country. The Minister stated this during the NIS Complex commissioning in Ilorin. The project, located along the old Jebba road, Apata Yakuba, came to reality after 46 years of NIS establishment in the state In a virtual message to the event, Aregbesola noted that a conducive working environment would also bring about improved manpower and human capital development.

In his remarks, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who commissioned the office complex, assured the NIS management of the support of his administration to further enhance the performance of the service in the state. Milestone achievement.

The Comptroller of NIS, Muhammad Babandede who joined the event online thanked the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola for his support for NIS which has made possible the construction of new command offices, including that of Kwara command.

The Kwara state command of NIS was established in 1974 with an office at Taiwo road, Ilorin, later relocated to the Federal Secretariat Complex in Ilorin in 1987.

In her remarks, the Comptroller overseeing NIS Zone 'D' Minna and Kwara state Command, Edith Onyemenam, said the new office complex in Ilorin "is a milestone achievement recorded by the Nigeria Immigration Service." She said the command's staff strength has grown in leads and bounds and "we are privileged to have two control posts and nine patrol bases with countless number of irregular routes."

The NIS Comptroller proudly announced that the surge in number of staff strength and control posts/ bases and irregular routes have helped greatly in preventing the influx of irregular migrants and importation of COVID-19 into Kwara state. Serving the people effectively.

While acknowledging the monumental achievements that the service has recorded under the leadership of the Comptroller General, Muhammad Babandede, Onyemenam noted that the new NIS office in Ilorin would reposition the command to serve the people of Kwara state more effectively.

Meanwhile, in an interview with journalist, the Chairman Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Kwara/Kogi chapter, Dr. Kamoru Yusuf, commended the federal government for the numerous measures put in place to curb smuggling and human-trafficking.

He added that the newly commissioned edifice would further assist the command to achieving more for the nation especially in the areas of preventing porous boarder system among others.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

SSA Youth     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Aliyu Alhassan     Kwara State University Of Education     Lithium Deposit     Lotus Bank     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     UTME     SWAN     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Razaq Atunwa     Chief Imam Of Offa     Rebecca Olanrewaju     A.O. Belgore     Dumagi     Abdullahi Biffo     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Aiyedun     Baruten     Idris Garba     Moses Afolayan     Omu-aran     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Guber Aspirant     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Gbemi Saraki     Gaa Olobi     Minimum Wage     Ishola Moses Abiodun     CACOVID     Kayode Laro     Edret Sabi Abel     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Sarah Jubril     Cassava Growers\' Association     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Maryam A. Garuba     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     NaAllah     John Olajide Adedipe     SSA Youth Engagement     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Shonga     Student Learning Support Helpline     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Ayekale     Kwara TV     Abegunde Goke     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Olokoba Sulyman     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Musa Abdullahi     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Dauda Adesola     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Coronavirus     Fatimat Saliu     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Ahmad Belgore     Oloje     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Okanlawon Taiwo     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Saka Saadu     Ibrahim Mashood     Olomu     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Isa Aremu     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Oladimeji Thompson     Aso Ofi     Bahago     Kaosarah Adeyi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Shettima Of Ilorin     Adedeji Onimago     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Tosho Yaqub     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Salman Alada     Adesoye     Yusuf Mubarak     Suwa-Arabs     Sebastine Obasi     Rotimi Atere     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Benin Republic     Ileloke     Kassim Babamale     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Just Law Forum     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Afetu Of Alabe     A.O. Belgore     Alaro     Mohammed Danjuma     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Mufutau Olatinwo     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Simeon Sayomi     Yusuf A. Usman     Kunle Akogun     Taiwo Joseph     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Dankaka     KWASIEC     Saka Abimbola Isau     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Saduki Lafiagi     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Agboola Abdulraheem     Age AbdulKareem     Ayegbeni     Oyin-Zubair     Mogaji Aare     Kolawole Bashirat     Suleiman Ajadi     Ndama Al-hassan     Raheem Adaramaja     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Aliyu Umar     Sulaiman Gado     KWATMA     Awwal Jawondo     Bisi Kristien     Hassan A. Saliu     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Laboratory-to-Product     Olugbense     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Tunji Oyawoye     CCB     Roheemat Hammed     3MTT     Ado Ibrahim     Yusuf Abubakar     Offa Grammer School     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Ahmed Bayero     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed