FG says Nigerian Immigration Service is now better equipped with technology – Nairametrics
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola
The Federal Government has said that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) is now well-equipped with advanced technology to curtail any security breach in Nigeria’s borders.
A statement by the Deputy Director of the ministry’s Press and Publicity Relations Unit, Afonja Ajibola, said the Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola made the assertion while exchanging views with a delegation from UAE National Defence College who came on a field study visit to the ministry as part of their course work.
Aregbesola, who was represented by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, explained that Nigeria now has a competent electronic border security architecture to effectively secure the country.
Challenges remain: The minister, however, said that the proliferation of heavy and light weapons, porous borders, and the influx of illegal migrants into the country were serious challenges facing the country.
He identified regional cooperation and collaboration of Nigeria with sister security agencies of neighboring countries as one way of tackling the problem. According to him, such an international partnership has contributed to renewed achievements of the military assisted by other sister security agencies to decimate the terrorists.
In his remarks, the leader of the delegation, Maheli Babi, appreciated the minister for the reception. He promised that his country would enter into a bilateral cooperation agreement with the Nigerian National Defence College (NDC).
In case you missed it: Earlier this year, the federal government awarded the contract for the installation of an electronic border surveillance system to monitor the nation’s land borders to checkmate illegal migration.
Samson Akintaro is a tech enthusiast and has over a decade experience covering and writing about the tech industry. He is currently the Tech Analyst at Nairametrics.
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