The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Malam Isa Jere, has directed offices of the Service to open on Saturdays, in order to provide needed services to Nigerians.
The directive was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the NIS, Deputy Comptroller Tony Akuneme, in Abuja.
Akuneme said Jere also approved the deployment of the Passport Controller in Ekiti State to Jigawa State, while the one in Ondo has been moved to NIS zonal office in Ibadan.
He said the Immigration boss noted that the Service would henceforth hold passport officers accountable for acts of indiscipline by personnel under their watch.
He explained that the Saturday operations is to enable the Service reduce the backlog of applications occasioned by the 2020 and 2021 lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The C-G has directed that Passport offices across the country with high volume of pending applications to work on Saturdays.
“The period for this exercise is expected to be every Saturday commencing from December 3, 2022 to January 28, 2023 between the period of 10 am and 2 pm.
“This is to enhance our service delivery to out esteemed clients.
“The Saturday preceding the Christmas and New Year holidays are exempted,” the spokesman said.
