By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Reporter, Lagos.
NEWLY promoted officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS Ikoyi Passport office Lagos, have been enjoined to prove themselves worthy of their new rank by being good ambassadors to the nation. Passport Control Officer (PCO), Ikoyi passports office, Manir Yari who gave the charged at the occasion of decorating 28 newly promoted officers said the affected personnel should see their elevation as an elixir to improving services and inter-personal relationship with the numerous passports applicants flooding the office on daily basis. The exercise which took place during the week at the premises of the passport office saw senior officers of the Command including the Crime Editor of the Guardian newspapers Odita Sunday in attendance.
in his words of exhortation, Yari, an Acting Comptroller of the Passport Command advised thus: “You are wearing new ranks, but that should not make you lazy. You should know that you have moved to a new level; new level of higher responsibility and effectiveness in the passport command. Promotion comes from God and hard work. You should thank God and thank our amiable CG Muhhammad Babandade for recognizing your hard work and promoting you. We have never seen it so good in the history of the service. The CG has been working hard to improve our welfare. He has done a lot for us that will encourage us to be good officers and loyal to the service. For those of you that have been decorated today, you should know the CG’s zero tolerance to corruption still stands. Some of you are from Ikoyi and Festac passport offices. Be good ambassadors of the CG in your passport offices and keep to the tennets of SERVICOM. If Nigerians are happy with our services at passports offices, they will be happy with us. Try and make sure applicants leave your offices happy. We are happy to have one of you newly promoted as a Deputy Comptroller and second in command in charge of Festac passport office.”
*Pix shows L-R Odita Sunday of the Guardian newspapers and the PCO Festac office decorating one of the newly promoted officers at the occasion…
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