Nigeria Immigration Redeploys 69 Officers

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced the redeployment of 69 officers for “different reasons.”
According to a statement issued by the NIS and signed by its Public Relations Officer, Amos Okpu, an Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, the redeployed officers have, with the approval of the Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Isah Jere Idris, been posted to various zones and command formations across the country. The redeployment takes immediate effect.
The deployment according to Okpu is contained in a “circular vide NIS/HQ/ADM/4423/170 and dated 1 August 2022”, a total of eight Assistant Comptrollers General (ACG) and 61 Comptrollers of Immigration (CIS) were moved across Divisions, Zones and Commands.

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NIS listed some of the officials affected to include the Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) formerly in charge of Ogun State Command, Kolawole Amao, who has now been deployed to the General Services Division at the Service Headquarters Abuja, while Kemi Nandap, another ACG who was formerly in-charge of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command, is now the head of the Combined Expatriate and Residence Permit Card Division (CERPAC) at the Service Headquarters.
Replacing Ms Nandap at the MMIA Command is Adeola Adesokan who has been moved from Training and Staff Development (ISD) in Abuja, while the acting Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to the Comptroller General, Ahmed Mustapha, has been replaced by MM Saddiq, a Comptroller.
Mr Mustapha is now the Comptroller for Kano State Command while Gwama Muhammad, promoted as a comptroller, now heads the Idi-Iroko Border Command.

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“Similarly, ACG Abdullahi Usman is now the Head of the Division of Regular Migration at the Service Headquarters while ACG BN Alawode becomes the Head of Welfare and Gender and ACC EC Esedo is the Zonal Coordinator, Zone ‘D’ in Minna,” the statement said.
Also included in the posting order are the Passport Control Officer at the Passport Office in Ikoyi, Lagos, Abolupe Bewaji, who is billed to resume at the Service Headquarters, and MA Ushie of the Document Fraud Unit has been moved to the Diplomatic and Official Passport Division, among others.
“The Comptroller General, Isah Idris, enjoins all the officers deployed to continue to avail the Service their rich experiences in their new Commands and Formations in order to improve service delivery and national security,” the statement said.