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.

Kabir Shagaya     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Pius Abioje     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Bayo Onimago     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Col. Adedipe     Taofeek Sanusi     Bello Oyebanji     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Ibrahim Oniye     Saheed Akinwumi     Aliyu Sabi     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Mohammed Halidu     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Haleeman Salman     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Oke-Ode     Sabi     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Sabitiyu Grillo     JAAC     Riskat Opakunle     Doyin Group     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Ronke Adeyemi     Read With Me     Javed Khan     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Michael Nzwekwe     Femi Gbajabiamila     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Tsaragi-Share     COVID-19 Palliatives     Ibrahim Abiodun     Olabanji Orilonishe     Ayinde Oyepitan     SARS     Abdulwahab Ololele     Niyi Ogundiran     Baboko Primary School     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Kuliyan Geri     Isiaq Khadeejah     John Mayokun Dada     Ariyo     NTA Ilorin     Ilorin Central Mosque     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Tafida Of Kaiama     Noah Yusuf     Ajia-Bako     REO CAKES     Kwara State Football Association     Olabode George Towoju     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Baba Issa     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Bayo Ajia     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Kehinde Boyede     Oluronke Adeyemi     Obasanjo     Ali Ahmad     New Model Police Station     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Zara Umar     Abubakar Suleiman     Egbejila     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Aminu Adisa Logun     Emir Of Yashikira     Babajide Ajayi     Yekini Adio     Michael Nzwekwe     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Danladi     Saidu Isa     Trader Moni     Jare Olatundun     Zainab Abass     AbdulRahman Saad     Olaiya Lawal     Sardauna     Sabi     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Kwara Politics     Ronke Adeyemi     Peter Obi     Adesoye     Kolawole Akande     Abdullahi Samari     Yakubu Gobir     Mohammed Saidu     Akume     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Baboko Primary School     Agboola Abdulraheem     JAMB     Rapheal Ashaolu     Iyabo Adewuyi     Isaac Gbenle     Jaigbade Alao     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     KWASEIC     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Akeem Olatunji     Lateef Alagbonsi     Osinbajo     Aminu Ado Bayero     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Ijagbo Health Centre     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Halimat Yusuf     Offa Metropolitan Club     Ibrahim Abikan     Kale Ayo     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Toyosi Thomas     Simeon Sayomi     Manzuma     Solomon Edoja     Folorunsho Erubu     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Oke-Ogun     Henry Makinwa     Razaq Atunwa     Plat Technologies     Razak Atunwa     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Kwara 2015     Olabode Towoju     Balogun Gambari     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     NNPP     Rashidi Yekini     Saliu Tunde Bello     Bareke     Alapansapa