The Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris, has announced the summary dismissal of eight personnel from the Nigerian Immigration Service and a wide range of sanctions for 18 others found to have committed offences against discipline.
In a release made available to Freelanews, and esigned by the Chief Superintendent of Immigration PR department, Kenneth S. Kure, the announcement followed the approval granted by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) to the effect that the conducts of the Personnel have remained grossly unbecoming and unacceptable as members of the Service.
“It would be recalled that thirty (35) Personnel were, in the cause of the year, presented before both the Senior Disciplinary Committee (SDC) and Orderly Room Trial (ORT) processes to ascertain their level of culpability in the various allegations of offences against discipline ranging from employment racketeering, sharp practices, dishonest conducts, absent from duty without official leave (AWOL) among others, preferred against them.
“After exhaustive deliberations by the committees, eight Personnel comprising one Chief Superintendent of Immigration (CSI), two Deputy Superintendents of Immigration (DSI), two Assistant Superintendents of Immigration II (ASI2) and three rank and file were summarily dismissed from the Service.
“Furthermore, one other Chief Superintendent of Immigration was ordered to proceed on compulsory retirement while nine other Personnel were demoted in rank. They include one Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II (ASI2) who has been demoted to the rank of Inspector of Immigration, two Inspectors who have been reduced in rank to Assistant Inspectors and six (6) other junior Personnel who have been ordered to lose their current ranks.
“Meanwhile, nine (9) other Personnel comprising one Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II (ASI2) and eight (8) junior Personnel were
issued warning letters just as six (6) Personnel were discharged and acquitted from all the allegations brought against them,” the release read.
In a related development, Kure revealed that the Comptroller General has approved the redeployment of 100 officers and men from the Lagos Airport with immediate effect while some others have been ordered to face disciplinary procedures to ascertain their level of involvements in some unprofessional conducts and practices reported at the airport recently.
Many Nigerians believed the disciplinary action by the NIS was a fall out of the unethical practice of fleecing innocent young Nigerians traveling to Dubai as recently exposed by a social media user, Phenomenal (@dabyy__).
“The Comptroller General wishes to use this medium to restate management’s commitment to zero tolerance for any unprofessional conducts by any Personnel and so enjoins the public to feel free to report any such conducts by any member of the Service for necessary actions,” the statement read.
Phenomenal’s viral post exposed some officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service’s corruption and unethical practices of obtaining money through victimisation of the general public, especially desperate under 40year old Nigerians traveling to Dubai, and this received uncomplimentary feedback on the social media against the conduct of the agency.
The corrupt officials took advantage of the UAE government’s new visa regime, which has stopped issuing tourist visas to persons under the age of 40 years, except for those applying for family visas.
See the viral post below.
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