Abuja – A total of 98 senior officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have been elevated to new ranks.
The elevation was due their successful performance in a promotion exercise conducted for senior cadre personnel in December 2021.
This was contained in a letter from the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board vide CDCFIB/NIS/2021/PE/640/VOL.1/1, dated 20th May, 2022.
According to a statement by the spokesman of the Service, Mr
Amos Okpu, the breakdown of the promotion shows that four Assistant Comptrollers-General have been promoted to the rank of Deputy Comptroller -General; and 24 Comptrollers got elevated to the rank of Assistant Comptroller-General of Immigration.
A total of 70 Deputy Comptrollers were promoted to the rank of Comptroller of Immigration, while those promoted to the rank of Deputy Comptroller General of Immigration include Josephine Chisara Kwazu, Modupe Oshoke Anyalechi, Muhammad Aminu Muhammad, and Ajoke Oluremi Talabi.
Also, the Officers promoted to the rank of Assistant Comptroller General of Immigration include: Nandap Kemi Nanna, the current Comptroller at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos; Ahmed Bauchi Aliyu, the Principal Staff Officer to the acting Comptroller -General; Abdullahi Usman Musa, the Comptroller in-charge of Migration at the Service Headquarters; and Amao Kolawole Michael, the current Comptroller of Ogun State Command.
Also promoted are are Alawode Nuratu Betty, the Comptroller
in-charge of Gender & Staff Welfare; and Acholonu Alphonsus, the current Comptroller of Ekiti State Command.
The statement added that other Officers promoted to the rank of Comptroller of Immigration include: Adesokan Adeola, currently at the Training and Staff Development Division, Service Headquarters; Bagari Ahmad Dauda, at the Visa and Residency Directorate, Service Headquarters; Bewaji Abolupe Oladoyin, the current Passport Control Officer, Ikoyi Passport Office Lagos; Onuora Constance Nwama; and Kila Liman Sani, the current Passport Control Officer, Kano Passport Office.
While congratulating the Officers, the acting Comptroller-General, Isah Jere Idris, used the opportunity to express his appreciation to government for considering them worthy for promotion.
He enjoined the newly promoted Officers to continue to demonstrate high levels of commitment and efficiency in service delivery to justify
their promotion. (vitalnews)
