Minister of Interior, retired Lieutenant-General Abdulrahman Dambazau will on Monday officially launch the new Immigration Regulations, twenty-seventeen to ensure better security and Immigration in the country.

According to spokesperson for the Nigeria Immigration Service, Sunday James, the new immigration regulation is a product of robust discourse that involved legal and migratory experts, including serving and retired immigration officers.

James said the Immigration Regulations, 2017 was a vital document that sought to operationalise the Immigration Act, 2015.

He expressed optimism that the document, if properly implemented, would go a long way in transforming the operations of Nigeria Immigration Service in line with international best practices.

James further said the new immigration regulation was a product of robust discourse that involved legal and migratory experts, including serving and retired immigration officers.

The Immigration Act, 2015 contains updated structure and functions of NIS in relation to immigration, passports, deportation, visas, resident permits and general immigration offences.

The Act also gives effect in the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the provisions of the protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea, air which supplements the UN Convention Against Transitional Organised Crime.
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The Act was enacted by the National Assembly in May, 2015 to the Immigration Act, 2004.