Guardian

AFTER more than four months of uncertainty, a substantive Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has being appointed, as five deputies are to proceed on retirement.

The new CG, David Paradang, after being decorated by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, vowed that the spate of illegal migration into the country would be reduced drastically.

Meanwhile, the minister also announced the retirement of five Deputy Comptroller-Generals. These include the erstwhile Acting CG, Rilwan Bala Musa; Denen Akaa, F.T. Mologe, Umar Sulaiman and Kuso Abubakar Khahil.

Speaking with journalists after his decoration, Paradang assured that “we are going to make sure we get rid of people walking freely in the country without valid documents so that the country could get some level of peace.”

He added: “Our work has been cut out very clearly for us. The concern of the country now is within the purview of insecurity and we are going to put in everything, of course in conjunction with other security agencies to make sure our borders are very secure.”