Idris Isah Jere, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), should immediately proceed on retirement leave, the Federal Government says.
Jere was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on September 10,2021 to succeed Muhammad Babadende who retired from service.
His appointment was renewed in 2022 by Buhari after attaining of age 60 as stipulated by law.
However, in the letter signed by Obasi Edozie Edmund, the acting secretary of the Board, the federal government directed him to “hand over to the most senior Officer Deputy Comptroller General on or before Monday 24th April 2023, pending Mr. President’s appointment of a substantive Comptroller General of the Service.”
Before he was asked to retire, Current matters gathered from a source at the NIS that there were moves in some quarters to extend the tenure of Jere but the decision had generated negative reactions that tend to lead to protest by staff of the service.
