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| Immigration CG, Parradang |
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) yesterday warned its personnel to shun sharp practices and indiscipline, stressing that those found culpable would be summarily dismissed from the service.
The Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) in charge of Zone A including Lagos and Ogun States, Mr. Joseph Olaitan, made this disclosure during an on-the-spot assessment visit to the NIS passport office, in Alausa, Lagos.
While speaking to the officers and men under the command of the Passport Control Officer (PCO), Mr. Ajisafe Joshua, the ACG reiterated that said the service would not tolerate any acts of indiscipline from anyone.
He said the Comptroller General, DS Parradang’s has directed that anyone involved in any act of discipline or sharp practices be shown the way out of the service as contained in his blue print.
He said, "I am on tour of formations under the zone which covers Lagos and Ogun States. I consider it necessary to go round to know the extent of compliance with the necessary rules and regulations which are captured in the rules of engagement.
"Although the land which the office is built was given by the Lagos State Governor, the essence of bringing the office to Alausa is to make it easy for applicants and residents of Lagos to access passports."
The ACG who said all personnel were employed to actualise the dream of the NIS, therefore warned that they should not compound the problems of applicants.
He said, "Every officer serving here must make sure they comport themselves to fulfill the rules of engagement. You have to make sure that you are disciplined as this zone operates on three pillars which include; discipline, regimentation and professionalism.
"These are very important but if you are not disciplined you will regret it. If you refuse to pay the price of discipline, you will pay the price of regret. You have to discipline yourself because the CG said that as far as this administration is concerned there is no room for indiscipline or corruption and extortion."
For those officers working in the passport office, he said, "You should stay clear of extortion, corruption, late coming, indolence or inconsistent attitude to the rules of engagement. You have to make sure you are up and doing as good ambassadors of the NIS.
“We do not want a situation where officers would constitute menace to the public so work hard and fulfil the expectations of our principal officers. When you do your job, do it with dignity.
“Do not ever think that because you are close to the ACG, you can misbehave. It won’t work. I have a policy that says that he who is close to me is farther to me when they are wrong. So be careful because if your control office should report you to my office, I will deal ruthlessly."
In response, Ajisafe said although the passport office was just three months old, it has despite the constraints of limited resources, been able to record laudable feats in its service delivery to Nigerians.
He said, “Within this short frame, 20,263 applications have been received for international passport which in terms of revenue translates to N177,301,250. However, 18,130 passports have been issued to deserving Nigerians.
“However, there have been two cases of payment fraud which were detected due to the oversight system put in place to vigilantly prevent such.
"The perpetrators of the acts were formally handed over to the state command headquarters, Alagbon, for further actions. Investigations are still ongoing.”
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