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Acting Comptroller General of Immigration (Ag.CGI), Isah Jere Idris has vowed not to tolerate any act unethical practice from any personnel of the service in the course of discharging their duties.
Idris made this known on Monday November 15, 2021 when he paid a working visit to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos Command of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) where he met with the personnel of the command and other critical stakeholders to discuss on possible strategies to improve the quality of service delivery at the nation’s major entry.
He stressed that he considered it very important to engage all the critical stakeholders at the Lagos airport for frank discussions on how they can work together to put in place measures that eradicate some sharp and unwholesome practices of few officials at the airport that have continued to diminish the country’s image and discourage potential visitors from coming into the country.
The Acting CGI who called for enhanced cooperation and collaboration among heads of the various agencies at the airport for a coordinated fight against any official found to be involved in unacceptable conducts at the nation’s number one gateway airport, also advised passengers to constantly resist, reject and report any instances of bribe solicitations, extortions and or any unprofessional conducts by any personnel to appropriate desk within the airport.
In her welcome address to the Acting Comptroller General, the Regional General Manager of South West of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Victoria Shinaba expressed delight at the visit stressing that all agencies at the airport should join forces to clean up the every unacceptable practice within the airport.
Shinaba noted that every circuit camera in the airport has been revamped even as she called on passengers to report any poor conducts by any officials through all available channels at the airport for appropriate actions.
The regional Manager further called on other agencies at the airport to step up checks and monitoring of their personnel to ensuring that non of them gets away with any allegation of sharp practices.
Earlier, the Assistant Comptroller General of Immigration in-charge of Zone “A” Lagos, ACG Oluremi Talabi praised the Ag.CGI for finding out time to personally come to Lagos for the very timely interactive session with officials and agencies at the airport to address the issue of poor service delivery.
Talabi noted that the message has been clearly delivered and assured that her Office shall continue to sensitize the workforce on the path of high quality service delivery to all passengers.
