Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, has charged officers and men of the Service to ensure strict enforcement of the new Immigration Regulations twenty-seventeen.

Babandede gave the charge at a workshop for senior officers of the Service on the implementation of the new immigration law launched by Minister of Interior, Lieutenant-General Abdulrahman Dambazau on March twenty.

He said the workshop was to acquaint officers and men of the service on the new law and how to effectively and professionally implement it, expressing optimism that with the proper implementation of the Immigration Regulations, issues of illegal immigrants and trans-border crimes would soon be nipped in the bud.

Babandede said aside the training there was also need for the deployment of sophisticated equipment, gadgets and border patrol vehicles to strategic locations across the country.

The new Immigration document which replaces the outdated Immigration Act of 1963 empowers the NIS to properly register all foreigners, protect the borders, enhance internal security and attract foreign investors in line with international best practices.

The workshop was attended by senior officers of the NIS, Immigration experts, the academia and the legal advisers from the NIS and Ministry of Interior.