By Palma Ileye
Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Isah Jere Idris has approved the immediate reposting of 41 Senior Officers ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly elections taking place on Saturday 25th, February.
In a release signed by the NIS Public Relations Officer, Compt Tony Akuneme, the redeployment affected eleven Assistant Comptrollers General incharge of the various zones as well as thirty Comptrollers posted to new states.
According to the posting order, signed on behalf of the Comptroller General by the Deputy Comptroller General incharge of Human Resources, Usman Babangida, the States affected were mainly those that bordered Nigeria with neighboring countries, such as Yobe, Adamawa, Sokoto, Katsina, Zamfara, Oyo, Lagos (Seme Border) and Cross River states.
Other States who were getting new Comptrollers include Gombe, Kaduna, kano, Plateau, Bauchi, FCT, Nassarawa, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers (Marine Command), Anambra and Enugu, among others.
The NIS spokesman further stated that all the deployments are with immediate effect and that the CGIS placed a very high premium on the critical role of his personnel in the success of the forthcoming general elections.
In a related development, the NIS has also approved the deployment of 21, 640 Officers and men across the 36 states and FCT to be part of the election monitoring security apparatus of the Federal Government.
The CGIS equally charged all the State Comptrollers to ensure strict monitoring of the elections in their respective States especially as it concerns the non participation of foreigners in the exercise.
