E-border solution’ll help check transborder-related crimes, says immigration chief

Kemi Nandap, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (CGIS), said the e-border solution deployed across the country’s border posts would help check transborder and other related crimes.

Nandap stated this on Friday in Kongolam, Mai’aduwa Local Government Area of Katsina State, while addressing immigration officers, during her assessment tour to the border post in the area.

“I know the government has deployed an e-border solution and I am here to see how it is. The essence of e-border solution is to improve border management by ensuring that the way we manage our borders is intelligence-based.

“It will help us have accurate information in terms of monitoring who goes out and who comes in, thereby helping us in tackling transborder crimes such as smuggling of immigrants and other forms of insecurity,” she said.

She, therefore, charged the immigration officers to understand why they were posted there and what their mandate was.

“And you must do the job professionally. The era of leaving your job to others is over,” she observed.

The comptroller-general further stressed the need for effective synergy with other agencies operating at various border posts.

Kemi Nandap, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, along with some personnel of the service.

“Synergy with other agencies is compulsory because security is a collective effort. But your core mandate must be observed strictly and diligently by you.

“The mandate is to secure the country’s borders and the President has mandated us to ensure that our borders are secure. And I am determined to deliver. That is why I’m here,” she said.

Nandap explained that although every agency has its own mandate, “all agencies can work collectively to achieve the same goal.”

She said the tour would enable her to focus on the challenges observed and tackle them to ensure effective border management.

She reiterated the service’s commitment to ensuring the welfare of the personnel is given the required attention while providing them with the modern facilities and logistics they require to enhance their operations.