Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has promoted the Service Public Relations Officer, Adedotun Aridegbe, to the rank of Comptroller of Immigration, and 4851 other officials who participated in the 2023 promotion exercise.
This was contained in a statement issued by the NIS spokesperson on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.
Aridegbe noted that the promotion details were conveyed through a letter from the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board, vide CDCFIB/S.33/VOLIV/75, and dated August 4, 2023.
He quoted the Comptroller General of Immigration, Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, as announcing the promotion at the Service Headquarters while decorating the newly promoted Assistant Comptrollers General and Comptrollers of Immigration on Tuesday.
He stated: “The breakdown of the promotion is as follows:
“A total of 18 Comptrollers of Immigration got promoted to the rank of Assistant Comptrollers General of Immigration;
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“51 Deputy Comptrollers were promoted to the rank of Comptrollers of Immigration;
“43 Assistant Comptrollers of Immigration were also promoted to the rank of Deputy Comptrollers of Immigration;
“520 Chief Superintendents of Immigration were promoted to the rank of Assistant Comptroller of Immigration;
“634 Superintendents of Immigration were moved to the rank of Chief Superintendent of Immigration;
“While 426 Deputy Superintendents of Immigration got promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Immigration;
“Another 1366 Assistant Superintendents of Immigration (I) are now Deputy Superintendents;
“804 Assistant Superintendents of Immigration (II) got promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (I) while;
“990 Inspectors of Immigration were promoted to Assistant Superintendents of Immigration (II).”
Speaking at the event, the Comptroller General expressed gratitude to the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, for his commitment to staff motivation.
She charged the newly promoted Immigration officials to validate their advancements through heightened dedication and unwavering loyalty to authorities, assuring the government that the NIS, under her leadership, would continue to contribute significantly to the peace and progress of the country.
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