Federal Govt Promotes 4,526 Immigration Officers

Comptroller-general of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris, has announced the promotion of 4526 Personnel of the Service who participated in the 2021 Promotion, Upgrading and Advancement exercise.

The promotion is contained in a letter from the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board vide CDCFIB/S.33/VOLIII/54 and dated 18th August, 2022.

The CG made the announcement today at the Service Headquarters while decorating some of his Personal Aides who were among the Personnel promoted.

A breakdown of the promotion showed that 145 assistant comptrollers were elevated to the rank of Deputy Comptroller of Immigration; 99 Chief Superintendents were promoted to the rank of Assistant Comptroller; 307 Superintendents of were moved to the rank of Chief Superintendent while 338 Deputy Superintendents of got promoted to the rank of Superintendent.

Others are 589 assistant superintendents of Immigration (I) who are now deputy superintendents; 794 assistant superintendents of immigration (II) who were elevated to the rank of assistant superintendent of immigration (I) while 21 Inspectors of Immigration were promoted to Assistant Superintendents of Immigration (II) cadre.

Furthermore, whereas 1,254 Personnel got advancement to the rank of assistant superintendents of Immigration (II), 979 junior Personnel who acquired higher qualifications and demonstrated high skills and competences have also been upgraded to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (II).

Speaking at the decoration ceremony of his personal aides, the Comptroller General commended the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who also doubles as the chairman of the Board for his commitment to staff motivation.

He charged the newly promoted Officers to justify their elevations through enhanced dedication and uncommon loyalty to authorities and assured that the Service under his watch shall continue to make useful contributions to the peace and progress of the country.

Among the Officers decorated with their new ranks include the public relations officer Amos Okpu, who is now a deputy comptroller of immigration; the outgoing protocol officer to the comptroller-general M.Y. Dutse and his successor M.A. Ajimobi who are now Deputy Comptrollers.

Others included Mercy Gadzama, facility manager of the NIS Technology Building, now a chief superintendent, security detail to the CGI AO Olukoya, also promoted to the rank of chief superintendent as well as Tanko Godiya and Nguar Loice Titus of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) both now assistant superintendents of immigration (II).