NIS Reaffirms Leadership Development as 62 Officers Graduate

By Zainab Uzomah | Abuja

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has graduated 62 senior officers from its 13th Command Course, reaffirming its commitment to strengthening leadership capacity and improving institutional effectiveness.

The officers, drawn from commands and formations across the country, completed a three-month intensive training programme in strategic leadership, border security and migration management at the Immigration Command and Staff College (ICSC), Sokoto.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony on Saturday, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, represented by the Assistant Comptroller-General in charge of Human Resource Management, S.U. Agba, urged the graduates to uphold professionalism, integrity and excellence in the discharge of their duties.

She said the Service remained committed to building a disciplined, professional and technology-driven workforce capable of addressing emerging migration and border security challenges.

Nandap charged the officers to justify the confidence reposed in them by demonstrating accountability, innovation and transformational leadership in their respective commands.

The Commandant of the Immigration Command and Staff College, Assistant Comptroller-General A.D. Bagari, congratulated the officers on successfully completing the programme and urged them to apply the knowledge and leadership skills acquired to enhance operational effectiveness and strengthen border security.

The ceremony featured the conferment of the Pass Command Course (PCC) honour on the 62 graduates, presentation of awards to outstanding participants and the decoration of Course Provosts with badges of honour in recognition of exemplary service.

The event was attended by representatives of the Sultan of Sokoto, heads of security agencies and other dignitaries, who commended the Nigeria Immigration Service for its sustained investment in leadership development and institutional capacity building.