By our reporters| President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service to improve surveillance and control around the nation’s borders.
The President who gave the directive in his speech at the virtual inauguration of the NIS Technology Building, directed the service to ensure that criminals do not find Nigeria as a safe haven to hide and perpetrate their criminality.
In a statement on Thursday, Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, President Buhari was quoted as also instructing all security agencies to raise their performance in protecting lives and property, with a mandate that the country’s Global Security Index must be improved, promising that his administration will give the needed support for their operations.
Buhari also urged the NIS to collaborate with international security organisations like INTERPOL in safeguarding the borders.
“As a security agency, I charge you to be relentless in carrying out your statutory duties of keeping our borders safe while you ensure that criminal elements don’t find Nigeria as a safe haven to hide and perpetrate their criminality, the President was quoted to have said.
“I urge you to actively collaborate with international security organisations like the INTERPOL, in safeguarding our borders. Remember that a safe border is a prerequisite for a safe nation.
“You must develop strong working relationships and ties with the international community and friendly nations as it relates to migration management; adopt and implement workable strategies from them while also sharing your best practices.
“Frontline workers and operators should remember that they are our windows to the world. They must show the best face of Nigeria at all times.”
President Buhari also commended the minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, for consistently pushing for the completion of the Technology Building, which will serve as the Command and Control Centre of the NIS, as well as the repository of personal data of Nigerians and expatriates resident in Nigeria.
“This is in line with the vision of our administration to formulate and implement policies that will protect and enhance the lives and standards of living for Nigerians.
“This administration is relentless in its avowed desire to create an enabling business environment that will usher in economic boom for Nigerians and all those who do business with and in Nigeria,” he said.
Buhari also congratulated all officers and men of the NIS for their dedication and work towards changing into a World Class Migration Management Agency.
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