By Palma Ileye
Acting Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Caroline Wuraola Adepoju, has approved the immediate redeployment of over a dozen Passport Control Officers, in a bid to deepen the ongoing Passport reform process.
According to a press release issued yesterday by ACI Kenneth Kure, NIS Spokesperson, the deployment is part of the Service management’s drive to upgrade the Passport administration both at home and in on foreign Missions.
Adepoju assured that the current leadership of the Service, remains resolute in its commitment to transforming Passport offices into customer-centric service centres.
In the Posting Order, signed by the Ag. Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Human Resource Management, Usman Babangida, the affected Passport offices included, Alausa and Festac both in Lagos, as well as the ones in Edo, Anambra, Bayelsa, Kogi, Nassarawa, Plateau, Enugu, Abia, Kano, Taraba and Ondo, among others.
She also enjoined all affected officers in the redeployment process to bring their wealth of experience to their new offices, and contribute to the improvement of service delivery.
The Ag CGI emphasized on the importance of “service above self” stating that only the most capable and dedicated individuals will henceforth be assigned to sensitive positions.
She further noted that this commitment to excellence should ensure that citizens receive nothing less than the best service possible.
