The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has effected a major shake up in its top echelon by redeploying 11 Assistant Comptroller-Generals (ACG) and 30 Comptrollers.

The Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris, who approved the immediate redeployment of the 41 senior officers, admitted that it was done ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls.

In a statement by the NIS Public Relations officer, Tony Akuneme, ( a Comptroller of Immigration), the Service explained that the redeployment affected eleven Assistant Comptrollers General in charge of the various zones across the country.

It added that 30 Comptrollers were posted to new states, especially those States bordering some countries in Africa.

Akuneme explained that the posting order was signed on behalf of the Comptroller General by the Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Human Resources, Usman Babangida.

He said the States affected were mainly those that bordered Nigeria with neighboring countries such as Yobe, Adamawa, Sokoto, Katsina, Zamfara, Oyo, Lagos (Seme Border) and Cross River states.

Other States getting new Comptrollers include Gombe, Kaduna, kano, Plateau, Bauchi, FCT, Nassarawa, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers (Marine Command), Anambra and Enugu, among others, Akuneme said.

The NIS spokesman further stated that all the deployments are with immediate effect and that the CGIS placed a very high premium on the critical role of his personnel in the success of the forthcoming general elections. (The Nation)