The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Martin Kure Abeshi Thursday stated that the Service would revitalize its moribund air patrol to effectively secure its borders.
Abeshi, who held a maiden meeting with heads of the service formations in Abuja, also stated that the Service would soon introduce the e-pass project under the Trusted Traveller’s Scheme (TTS).
According to him, 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. Those who over stay in excess of 180 days would be required to pay a penalty of equivalent $2000.
In a statement issued by the Service spokesperson, Assistant Comptroller Immigration, Chukwuemeka Obua, the CGI also revealed the plan to meet with Passport Control Officers (PCOs) 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.
According to Obua, the CGI stated, “The reform in border security would require a revitalization and reinvigoration of the moribund Air Border Patrol Unit to its former enviable status as the premier Aerial Border Patrol Unit in Nigeria”.
In a statement issued by the Service spokesperson, Assistant Comptroller Immigration, Chukwuemeka Obua, the CGI also revealed the plan to meet with Passport Control Officers (PCOs) 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.
According to Obua, the CGI stated, “The reform in border security would require a revitalization and reinvigoration of the moribund Air Border Patrol Unit to its former enviable status as the premier Aerial Border Patrol Unit in Nigeria”.
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