The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Thursday announced the suspension of an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II (ASI II), Okpravero Ufuoma for allegedly soliciting financial gratification from a traveller.
NIS’s Comptroller General, Mrs Kemi Nandap, disclosed this in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Kenneth Udo on today in Abuja.
Nandap, the officer’s conduct, captured in a video circulating on social media, does not reflect the values and ethics of professionalism upheld by the NIS.
She condemned the alleged misconduct in the strongest terms, saying that it undermined the ongoing reforms aimed at enhancing service standards.
She, however, assured that the officer had been indefinitely suspended pending the outcome of disciplinary procedures, in accordance with the law and Public Service Rules.
She said NIS received a video currently circulating on social media titled “This is how Immigration officers treat tourists in Nigeria,” showing one of its officers soliciting financial gratification from a traveller.
“This disgraceful act is not a representation of our commitment to hospitality, reception, and courtesy.
