The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has restated its commitment to improving the deployment of technology in managing the country’s borders.
The Comptroller General of the service, Isah Jere stated this on Friday, during the decoration of newly promoted officers of the service in Abuja.
Jere said that the NIS will continue to improve staff welfare for effective security across the country.
Part of the efforts to meet this target is the reformation of the service to effectively meet the demands of migration as well as improve service delivery.
“I like to state that Nigeria’s response to migrant smuggling has been broad and dynamic.
“Our statutory mandate as both law enforcement and service delivery agency demands that we masterly deploy our best hands across our service and operational windows.
“This is to ensure that we regularly and consistently make enduring impressions on the minds of those we relate with.
“We are leaving no stone unturned in our pursuit to excellently discharge our mandate through priority attention to human capacity development and timely promotion of officers and men,” he said.
Jere added that as part of the reform, NIS has been migrating to enhanced E-Passport and transforming the process of passport application and issuance.
“This was made possible by the introduction of a queuing system that enables passport applicants to choose an interview date immediately after payment is made on the application portal.
“This is helping management to regulate the passport process while also allowing passport applicants to get an appointment date at their convenience,” he said.
