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Not All Types of Passport Issuance Have Timeline of Two Weeks – NIS

Not All Types of Passport Issuance Have Timeline of Two Weeks – NIS
By: Michael Mike
The Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Caroline Adepoju has said that not all types of passport issuance has a timeline of two weeks.
Adepoju, in a press statement signed by the spokesman of the Service, Aridegbe Adedotun at the weekend, said the Service
“has received with deep concern, some complaints of misconduct levelled against our personnel in some Passport offices across the nation.”
The statement read: “The Comptroller General has ordered an investigation into the matter, especially in regards to the noncompliance with Ministerial directives on the timeline of Passport administration.
“Following the complete clearance of Passport application backlogs nationwide in line with the directive of the Honourable Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, a new timeline of 2 weeks for processing and issuance of Passport was announced by the Minister on the 4th of October, 2023. The Honourable Minister and the Ag. CGI provided different phone numbers to the general public to report misdemeanors by NIS personnel at any of our offices. From NIS we gave two numbers: 08028320751 (SPRO), 08067761196 (SA – SERVICOM), and we are not only ready to answer your calls but resolve issues.
“The Service has on a daily basis, monitored the compliance level at all Passport offices nationwide and at our missions abroad. We receive daily reports on production and issuance of Passports from all Passport Control Officers. As at today, Friday 13th October, 2023, most of our Passport offices are producing Passports of applicants enrolled on Wednesday, 11th October,2023.
“The Service wishes to use this opportunity to enlighten the general public that applications for reissuance of lost Passport and change of data takes a longer time. Some applicants in this category may put the Service in bad light when they complain of delay and noncompliance with the new timeline. These applications are required to go through security clearance and correspondence with Service Headquarters before approval for production.”
The statement added that: “Meanwhile, the Acting Comptroller General wishes to appeal to members of the public to feel free to contact the Service through its various public communication channels including Twitter, Facebook handles (@nigimmigration) and our Contact Center on; 09121900655 • 09121556359 • 09121477092 to report any form of misconduct by any member of the workforce for appropriate sanctions.
“The Service enjoins prospective Passport applicants to please visit the Nigeria Immigration Service’s official website at immigration.gov.ng to apply for Passports and make payments for their preferred Passport categories and avoid patronizing individuals or entities that request cash payments for Passport services.”
Not All Types of Passport Issuance Have Timeline of Two Weeks – NIS
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Zulum bans thuggery in Borno state

Zulum bans thuggery in Borno state
By: Bodunrin Kayode
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has said that thuggery has since become a thing of the past in the state.
He said this while inaugurating the new Governing Council of the Borno state owned Kashim Ibrahim University in Maiduguri recently.
Speaking during the occasion, he said that his administration has achieved giant strides in the education sector as a whole adding that his administration is making unprecedented investments in this all important sector.
” We have constructed 139 new mega schools, rehabilitated many others and recruited thousands of teachers to keep the sector going.
“We are establishing six centres of excellence and have banned political thuggery to redirect the energies of our youth towards scholarly and vocational pursuits”. He posited.
Zulum bans thuggery in Borno state
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ISPON Pushes for Stronger Safety Education Reforms in Nigeria

ISPON Pushes for Stronger Safety Education Reforms in Nigeria
By: Michael Mike
The Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON) has renewed calls for comprehensive safety education reforms across the country, stressing the need to instill a culture of safety in workplaces, communities, and public spaces.
The call was made at the Abuja Safety Summit themed “Safe Cities, Sustainable Tomorrow: Pathway to Responsible Development.”

ISPON President, Chief Udezi Stephen, emphasized that membership of the institute is a statutory requirement for anyone practicing as a safety professional in Nigeria.
“ISPON membership is a must for anybody that wants to practice as a safety professional in Nigeria,” he declared.
Udezi warned that there are legal penalties for individuals and organisations that fail to comply with the ISPON Act.
“For an individual, it is 100,000 Naira… For an organization that employs a person that is not a member of ISPON, that organization can be fined a minimum of 500,000 Naira,” he explained.

Highlighting the institute’s role in streamlining safety training nationwide, Udezi stressed the need for proper accreditation of training bodies.
He noted that: “The body that is licensed and qualified and asked to do safety training in this country is the Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria.”
He further underscored the importance of building a safety-first culture across Nigeria.
He said: “If we have safe cities, then you can go home, close your eyes and sleep… We must start with talking to ourselves, getting educated, being trained, so that once we have been trained and we are doing things correctly, it forms part of what we call the culture of what we are doing.”
Also speaking at the summit, the Director-General of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barr. Oluwaseun Faleye represented by Technical Director, Dayo Alawo, stressed that safety must be seen as a national commitment rather than just a policy.

He said: “Safety is not just a policy, it is a commitment. A commitment we owe to every worker who steps into a factory, every driver navigating our highways, every builder on a construction site and every citizen walking the streets of our federal capital territory.”
Faleye explained that NSITF’s approach to workplace safety rests on three critical pillars.
“Our philosophy is rooted in three pillars which is safety. Prevention. This is our first and most critical line of defense. Compensation. Rehabilitation… to restore human potential,” he explained.
Calling for stronger partnerships, he added:
“Collaboration. Safety is a shared responsibility No agency, institution or company can achieve it alone.”
On the role of technology, Faleye urged the adoption of data-driven safety systems.
“By embracing technology and strengthening data collection, reporting and analysis, we can anticipate risks before they happen or escalate into issues and design interventions that save lives,” he said.
In her remarks, ISPON Abuja Chairman, Mrs. Ifeoma Okpara, outlined the summit’s purpose of building safer cities through collective action.
“As our theme implies… we’re looking for collaboration. We have regulators, policymakers and all of them within this space, all to create a better space and create a safety culture among the citizens of Nigeria, Abuja in particular,” she explained.
Okpara noted that progress has already been made in Abuja through multi-stakeholder cooperation.
She said: “We have done a good length, we have a lot of good collaborators… There are a lot of audits going on, inspections and sensitization, awareness and policymaking going on in the area of safety.”
She further revealed that ISPON plans to expand safety awareness campaigns beyond urban areas into rural communities.
“We are working on campaigns, we are working on sensitization sessions, even to the extent we want to bring some things down to local languages… We’re going to the market spaces, we’re going to the villages, we’re going to communities, we’re going to be advocating for all types of safety,” she stated.
The summit reinforced the urgent need for coordinated reforms, stronger enforcement of safety standards, and wider outreach to build a truly safety-conscious society in Nigeria.
ISPON Pushes for Stronger Safety Education Reforms in Nigeria
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Bandits abduct, rape victims in Zamfara community

Bandits abduct, rape victims in Zamfara community
By: Zagazola Makama
Suspected bandits have abducted several women in Maniya forest, Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, with some of the victims alleging sexual assault.
Sources told Zagazola on Wednesday that 39 women and girls had gone into the forest on Monday to fetch firewood but were attacked by armed men.
According to sources, 11 of the victims managed to return home the following day, while the rest remain in captivity.
The returnees reportedly said they were sexually assaulted before being released. They have since been taken to hospital for medical examination.
Efforts by security forces, local volunteers and vigilante groups are ongoing to trace the abductors and rescue the victims still being held.
Bandits abduct, rape victims in Zamfara community
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