Workshop on Communication Interventions for Combating Irregular Migration organized. by Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in conjunction with European Union (EU) in Kaduna, Kaduna State recently.
The Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) , Isah Jere Idris has reiterated the commitment of the Service to training and retraining of its personnel for the purpose of building a robust workforce that can sufficiently contend with unfolding realities of modern migration management.
Idris made this known in Kaduna, Kaduna State while declaring open a training workshop organised for Public Relations personnel of the Service in conjunction with European Union (EU) as part of the series on the use of effective Communication Interventions for Combating Irregular Migration.
The NIS spokesperson, Amos Okpu (mnipr) in a statement made available to African Business Travel News( ABTN) said the Acting Comptroller General who was represented by the Zonal Coordinator of Zone “B”, ACG Zainab Lawal insisted that management of NIS remained strongly committed to training and retraining exercises for the purpose of building a robust workforce that can sufficiently contend with unfolding realities of modern migration management.
Idris stressed that the best of machines and other equipment without a competent and skilled workforce cannot lead any organisation through the increasingly competitive global environment.
He therefore enjoined participants to make good use of the opportunity offered by the training and be ready to step down the training to their colleagues on return to their various Commands and Formations for enhanced impact to the Service.
The Immigration boss who thanked the European Union for their various capacity building interventions for the service, assured of management’s renewed commitment to sustaining enduring relationship.
In his remark, the leader of the Project Team of the Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policy (FIIAPP), the implementers of the Project, Mr. Rafael Mois Molina who was represented by Mr. Omotosho Bello, said that the training exercises were part of his organization’s efforts at expanding the capacity of NIS Communication Officers in their public engagement efforts in the battle against human trafficking and smuggling.
Molina who noted that his organization is currently implementing some EU programmes on the fight against the twin evils of human trafficking and smuggling, affirmed that NIS is one of the strategic partners in the project.
During the workshop, participants drawn from commands and formations of the Service, were taken through insightful lectures by some resource persons on topics such as the Role of Public Relations Officers in Organizational Growth, the Use of Social Media in Combating Irregular Migration as well as expositions on the place of Behavioural Change Communication in addressing Social Change Issues among others.
It could be recalled that the first batch of the workshops which held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State between November 24 and 26, 2021 had Forty-Five (45) participants while the Kaduna batch had Sixty-Five (65) making a total of 110 spokespersons of the Service who have participated in the Workshop.
Meanwhile, a major highlight of the event was the release of a communiqué which called for among other things, the need for the management of Nigeria Immigration Service to ensure that appointment of Public Relations Officers in the Service should henceforth be based on possession of requisite qualifications and proven demonstration of competence and integrity.
