immigration officers?

Question

i want to know the name annd e-mail address of the nigeria immigration top officer

Answer 1

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has come a long way since is was extracted from the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in 1958, as a separate entity entrusted with core Immigration duties under the headship of the Chief Federal Immigration Officer. The new department inherited the Immigration Ordinance of 1958 for its operation. This early period saw the immigration department maintaining a low profile and very simple approach in achieving the desired goal of the government whereby only the visa section and the business section were set-up. In line with the reciprocal nature of immigration laws world wide, the Federal Minister of Internal Affairs under whose responsibility immigration matters fell continued to make amendments to existing laws, and make new laws as and when appropriate.

By August 1, 1963, the NIS really came of age when it was formally established by an act of Parliament (section 5 Of Immigration Act L.N. Cap. 171). Thus, the first set of Immigration officers were former NPF officers and they were constituted into a department under the control and supervision of the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (FMIA) as a purely Civil Service outfit. In 1966, an upsurge in immigration activities led to the opening of area offices in Ibadan, Ilesha, Akure, Benin-city, Warri, Sapele, Calabar, Enugu, Port-Harcourt, Sokoto, Kaduna, Jos, Mubi and Maiduguri. In this period, location of area headquarters was not based on State capitals but on the level of immigration activities in a town.

Another significant event was the creation of Immigration out-posts in foreign countries in 1976 by General Olusegun Obasanjo, then Head of State. The first set of countries to which Immigration Officers were posted include Britain, U.S.A, U.S.S.R., West Germany, Italy and India. Later, Immigration Officers were also posted to Nigeria's missions in New York, San Francisco and Atlanta in the United States, Hamburg in Germany, the Philippines, Japan, Egypt, Brazil, Switzerland and Hong Kong.

Ever since, a number of changes has occurred in the institutional and structural contingency of the NIS. In 1986, the Federal Government established the Customs, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CIPB) (L.N. Cap. 89). This was a major milestone in the tortuous journey to the restoration of its former para-military status and more autonomy. Hence, the CIPB took over the functions of the Civil Service Commissions as regard recruitment, promotion and discipline of officers and men of the Service. By April, 1992 the Federal Government approved the complete removal of the Nigerian Customs, Immigration and Prisons Services from the Civil Service structure. This implies that their ranks will be aligned to the structure obtainable at the NPF with parity in salary and conditions of service between the three para-military services.

Roll Call of Past and Current Heads of The Nigerian Immigration Services

NAME YEAR
E.H. HARRISON 1963-1966
J.E. ONUBOGU 1966-1967
E.I. ALEYEDEINO 1967-1976
ALIYU MUHAMMED 1977-1979
LAWAL SAMBO 1979-1986
MUHAMMED DAMULAK 1986-1990
GARBA ABBAS 1990-1995
S.A. DANGE 1995-1999
U.K. UMAR 1999-2000
LADY U.C. NWIZU 2000 - TILL DATE

Answer 2

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