The newly appointed Acting Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Caroline Wuruola Adepoju has directed all the passport offices nationwide to take necessary steps to ensure no Nigerian is subjected to any unnecessary delays or substandard treatments in the course of applying for passports.
The new Ag CGIS stated this while addressing top management of the NIS minutes after taking over from Alhaji Isah Jere, the immediate past CGIS.
In a signed statement by the Service Public Relations Officer, CIS Tony Akuneme made available to Newsmen in Abuja, Adepoju says she will focus majorly on Passport issues and staff welfare as those two aspects contributed mostly to the complaints of Nigerians and NIS personnel.
She announced that a stakeholders meeting will be convened in the next few days to x Ray the real issues in passport process and to proffer far reaching solutions, which will include opening more front offices in the lagos area where bulk of the complaints emanated from.
The Ag. CGIS equally noted that she will adopt a buttom top approach in tackling officers welfare and will start by meeting all cadres of staff to hear their genuine needs in a bid to hit the ground running with a blue print that will be based on an all inclusive needs assessment.
She however poured encomiums on the immediate past CGIS as wished him the best in his future endeavors.
It will be recalled that DCG Adepoju had served in various locations during her career in the NIS, the high point of which was her appointment as Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Finance, a position she occupied before her present appointment.
