AKINLADE CHALLENGES INTERIOR MINISTRY STAFFERS ON DEVOTION TO DUTY .... "Imbibe Improved Service Delivery As Tool To Bolster Nigeria's Image

Ag. CG Immigration, Mrs Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju and the Perm. Sec, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade pose for camera in Abuja.

"The NIS Has A Lot To Do Through Improved Service Delivery To Safeguard The Country And Improve Its Image In A Positive Way." Dr. Akinlade.

.... Commends the Acting Conmptroller General of NIS - Mrs Caroline Wura-ola Adepoju for the way she has been displaying humility and astute public relations as well as proactive steps towards accomplishing effective Security Boarder and Migration Management.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade has challenged staffers of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS to devote their time and energy to achieving improved efficient and effective service delivery as tool to bolster Nigeria's image.

The Permanent Secretary threw the challenge on Tuesday 22nd June, 2023, while making her first familiarisation visit to the NIS since her deployment to the Ministry of Interior.

Dr Akinlade who acknowledged that the NIS is the first governmental agency that visitors and aliens coming into the country interface with, advised that NIS has a lot to do through improved service delivery to safeguard the country and improve its image in a positive way.

"There are lots of negative thoughts, when people visit Nigeria for one thing or the other; and we know that the first service delivery of any kind to visitors is with the Nigeria Immigration Service; therefore, the onus is on you to correct the wrong impression on negative reports they harbour about Nigeria."

The Permanent Secretary who acknowledged daunting challenges facing the NIS as regards Nigeria's porous borders and paucity of transport facilities needed to manage migrants coming to the country assured that Government is desirous of leveraging on technology to redress the problem

The Permanent Secretary, in a statement issued and signed by Afonja Fatai Ajibola, Deputy Director Press and Public Relations Department of the Interior Affairs Ministry, commended the Acting Conmptroller General of NIS - Mrs Caroline Wura-ola Adepoju for the way she has been displaying humility and astute public relations as well as proactive steps towards accomplishing effective Security Boarder and Migration Management.

Dr Akinlade was also full of praise for the success recorded during visitation of the Acting Comptroller General of NIS to  the Oba of Lagos and the Executive Governor of Lagos State as a result of which the Governor took step to address the accomodation challenge confronting the Agency by donating a piece of land in Lagos for that purpose.

As the Permanent Secretary stated, "All of us are Nigerians, we are working for Nigerians, we are working for the government for Nigerians, we are to serve the people just as the acting Comptroller General of  Immigration is serving the people." 

Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade assured Nigeria Immigration Service of her support in all aspects especially with priority on Staff welfare to  motivate the workforce as well as provision of Utility vehicles to ease current transportation problems. 

Earlier, the acting Comptroller General Immigration, Caroline Wura- Ola Adepoju while welcoming the August visitor, drew her attention to the challenges confronting Immigration Services in areas of staff accommodation, more spacious office for Passport processing,  Staff Training Improved Welfare, Transportation and Internet Connectivity in all borders posts in Nigeria. 

Present at the familiarisation tour are Directors, senior personnel of the NIS as well as top Management staff of the Ministry.