THE Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Saturday inaugurated a Forward Operation Base (FOB) at Oja-Odan border in Ogun State as part of its efforts to strengthen the country’s border security.
Deputy Controller of Immigration (DCI) Sunday James, NIS Public Relations Officer (PRO), said in a statement in Lagos, that the FOB was inaugurated by Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola.
James said the Oja Odan OB was part of the border management reforms embarked on by the service.
Aregbesola, according to NIS PRO, said at the ceremony that the establishment of the FOB demonstrated government’s commitment to strengthen the nation’s border security.
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“It also demonstrates government’s commitment to boost morale of personnel by providing a befitting working environment,” James quoted the minister as saying.
The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede , said that the FOB would complement the fight against irregular migration in form of Smuggling of Migrants (SOM), Trafficking in Person (TIP) and other trans-border crimes.
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