By Palma Ileye
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening leadership development and institutional capacity with the graduation of 62 senior officers from its 13th Command Course.
The Service disclosed this in a press release signed by its Service Public Relations Officer, DCI Akinsola Akinlabi, stating that the officers, drawn from Commands and Formations across the country, completed a three-month intensive training programme focused on strategic leadership, border security, and migration management.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony held over the weekend at the Immigration Command and Staff College (ICSC) in Sokoto, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, represented by the Assistant Comptroller-General in charge of the Directorate of Human Resource Management, ACG S.U. Agba, charged the graduating officers to uphold professionalism, integrity, and excellence in leadership.
She urged the Officers to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the course to improve operational effectiveness and respond effectively to emerging migration and border security challenges.
The Commandant of the Immigration Command and Staff College, ACG A.D. Bagari, congratulated the graduates on successfully completing the rigorous programme and encouraged them to remain vigilant in safeguarding Nigeria’s borders while demonstrating exemplary leadership in the discharge of their duties.
Representing the Comptroller-General, Agba reiterated the Service’s determination to build a highly professional, disciplined, and technology-driven workforce capable of addressing evolving migration and border security concerns.
He also urged the officers to justify the confidence reposed in them by exhibiting integrity, accountability, innovation, and transformational leadership.
Highlights of the ceremony included the conferment of the Pass Command Course (PCC) honour on the 62 graduates, presentation of awards to outstanding participants by the Comptroller-General’s representative and other dignitaries, as well as the decoration of Course Provosts with Badges of Honour in recognition of their outstanding service.
The ceremony was attended by the representative of the Sultan of Sokoto, Heads and representatives of security agencies, and other invited guests, who commended the Nigeria Immigration Service for its sustained investment in leadership development and institutional excellence.
