During the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, was asked by State House correspondents about the directive to retire the current Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Isah Idris. The Minister denied knowledge of the directive, stating that “It is Greek to me.”
It was previously reported that the Governing Board of the Nigeria Immigration Service had served a retirement notice to the Acting CGI, citing the expiration of the one-year extension of service granted by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The memo, dated April 17, 2023, directed the CGI to hand over to the most senior Deputy Comptroller General on or before April 24, 2023. The memo was signed by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board Secretary, Obasi Edmond, on the orders of the Board Chairman and Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola.
Moving on to other matters, the Minister disclosed that the council approved the grant of Nigerian citizenship to 385 foreign nationals. 317 persons were granted citizenship by naturalisation, while 68 were conferred with citizenship by registration.
The Minister clarified that the Council approved a Public-Private Partnership contract to provide subscription-based fire safety for residential, institutional and commercial buildings.
The National Fire Detection and Alarm System will incorporate life safety systems, networking, monitoring and dispersion of fire personnel in real-time.
The minister stated that this would be a public-private partnership arrangement with Hoist Life Safety System Limited, with no cost to the government. Subscription rates would be determined at the end of the entire process.
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