Sixty officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Imo State command have bagged promotions to various levels.
The officers were decorated at the headquarters of the service in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
The head of NIS in the state, an assistant comptroller-general of immigration, Mrs Nkechi Ezugwu, charged the newly promoted/upgraded senior officers of the command to gird their loins and be prepared to defend the nation at all time.
Ezugwu stressed that self-discipline and decorum should always be their watchwords as they assume higher positions.
Ezugwu gave the charge at the decoration ceremony of the officers which was preceded by the passing out parade of the newly recruited and trained immigration Officers.
“As para-military officers now, you should be ready and willing to defend the nation at all time, be disciplined and demonstrate leadership by examples,” she said.
Giving a breakdown of the promotions, Ezugwu said that while 12 were moved from the position of Chief Superintendent of Immigration to Assistant Comptroller of Immigration Service, 20 were elevated from Superintendent of Immigration to Chief Superintendent of Immigration service.
She also said that others were elevated from Deputy Superintendent of immigration to Superintendent of Immigration; Assistant Superintendent of immigration to Deputy Superintendent of Immigration.
Noting that the officers are now part of the security of the nation, Ezugwu further enjoined them to be role models and to shun all forms of crime to justify the confidence reposed in them.
She commended them for their physical fitness and advised others who are yet to benefit from the exercise not to be dejected or demoralised but to sustain their faith in God and wait for their turn.
Ezugwu who later donated 30 chairs and 30 tables to some staff of the command to ease their services expressed optimism that the command along with some other federal institutions currently at the Federal Secretariat Owerri would relocate to their permanent site at Avu, Owerri West LGA of the state next year as promised by the minister of interior.
“Today is a precious day, a day of uplifting, a day of thanking God and of being paid back for working hard. To who much is given, much is expected,” she stated.
