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.

Wole Oke     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Salary     Yusuf Abubakar     Modibo Kawu     Raimi Iyanda     Issa Manzuma     Magaji Erubu     3MTT     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Usman Yunusa     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Gbenga Olawepo     Crystal Corner Shops     Bilikis Oladimeji     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Oba Abdulrahim     Jamiu Oyawoye     Elerinjare-Ibobo     All Peoples Party     Raymond Olaitan     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     KSIRS     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Boko Haram     College Of Health     Amusa Bello     NAWOJ     Abdulazeez Arowona     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Bisi Kristien     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Samuel Adedoyin     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Okin Biscuit     Ganiyu Taofiq     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Yusuf Lawal     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Salman Jawondo     Amule Elementary School     Musbau A. Akanji     Mukhtar Shagaya     Grillo     Azeez Bello     Femi Agbaje     Ejidongari     Hakeem Lawal     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Ojuekun Sarumi     Tosho Yaqub     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Okala Baba     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Elerinjare     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Baba Issa     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     John Mayokun Dada     Agbarere     IYA YUSUF     Orisa Bridge     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Galland Marcias     Benin Republic     Toyosi Thomas     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Halimat Yusuf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Malete     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Mamatu Abdullahi     Yahaya Seriki     Haleeman Salman     Hassan Oyeleke     Old Oyo     Isiaka Gold     Afolayan     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Chief Of Staff     Owo Arugbo     Michael Nzekwe     Isapa     Saad Omo Iya     ANCOPPS     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     ARMTI     College Of Education     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Unicontinental Construction Company     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Kwara State Fire Service     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     IYA ALFA NLA     Ijagbo Health Centre     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Yomi Ogunsola     Millennium Development Goals     Ilorin Durbar     Facebook     Taofeek Sanusi     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Wole Oke     Hassanat Bello     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Ibrahim Oniye     Orisa Bridge     Rachael Obisesan     Centre For Digital Economy     Sabo-Oke     Agbarere     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Saka Isau     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Halidu Danbaba     March 28     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Mahe Abdulkadir     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Abubakar Baba     Ilorin Central Mosque     MAI Akande     Wasiu Onidugbe     Hakeem Lawal     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Ilorin Like-Minds     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Gaa Olobi     IESA     Saka Keji     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Sulaiman Gado     Tunde Yusuf     TIC     HYPPADEC     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Mazars Consulting     Oyawoye     Mansur Alfanla     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Abdulfatai Baakini     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Bamidele Aluko