The Nigerian Immigration Service is looking to introduce new ways to monitor the country’s entry points, and the latest innovation is e-gates.
The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Caroline Adepoju, has announced a plan to deploy e-gates and more logistics to airports.
Also, this new way of collecting tolls will be deployed at other entry points.
She says it will improve border security and migration management nationwide.
Adepoju said this in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
According to her, selected airports will deploy the electronic gates to ease the facilitation of passengers coming into and going out of Nigeria.
“On the other hand, in migration management, NIS is deploying an e-gate to our airports as a pilot scheme because as time goes on, electronic gate will be deployed in our various points of entry.
“The purpose of this is to ease movement for our travelers and passengers,” she added.
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Furthermore, the NIS boss, whose appointment was confirmed on Wednesday by President Bola Tinubu, said Nigerians should expect improved border security and migration management under her stewardship.
On-the-spot Assessment
She said the NIS would deploy appropriate facilities to ensure proper monitoring and documentation of movement of persons across the country’s land, air and sea borders.
Also, Adepoju said that the service would continue to train its personnel and provide them with necessary logistics to carry out their responsibilities effectively and efficiently.
“Very soon, in company with the ACG in charge of Border Management, I’ll be going on an on-the-spot assessment of the environment under which my personnel on the field work.
“I want to go and reassess the environment to see how we can improve the condition of their service, look into their needs and meet with them,” she said.
