The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Rivers State Command, has sought the need for enhanced collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to strengthen intelligence sharing in combating economic and financial crimes, as well as other forms of corruption across the country.
The Comptroller of Immigration Services, CIS, Bashir Mohammed Mohammed Saddiq, made this call in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, while paying a courtesy visit to the EFCC’s Ag. Zonal Director, Port Harcourt Zonal Command.
Saddiq stated that stronger and more efficient collaboration with the EFCC will improve synergy, intelligence sharing, and combating corruption.
“My visit here is to foster stronger and more effective collaboration with your commission. The EFCC and the Nigeria Immigration Service have been collaborating, working together in harmony.
“I think we need to come up with strategic plans to be able to see how we can resolve issues concerning crime because the efforts of the EFCC and Immigration are all geared towards achieving one goal, which is, at least, to make life better for our citizens,” he said.
The Comptroller added that Immigration will always work with the EFCC to ensure that people on the Commission’s watch list do not flee the country overnight, either through airports or land borders, but are forced to stay and face the law.
In response, ACE 1 Adebayo Adeniyi, the EFCC’s Ag. Zonal Director and Assistant Commander, welcomed the Comptroller and his entourage on their visit.
He appreciated the existing relationship between the two agencies, adding that they have a lot more to do together in combating the menace of corruption and economic and financial crime.
He further commended the Immigration Service for its roles in the fight against economic crimes, especially in keeping a tab on individuals watchlisted by the Commission and preventing them from scampering to other countries.
He also called for a more robust relationship and synergy between the two agencies. “Thank you very much, Comptroller. This is what we have been preaching regarding collaboration; there is a need for us to be on the same page; there is a need for us to know that we are out there for the same goal,” he said.
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NIS Seeks Stronger Collaboration with EFCC
The Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Rivers State Command, has called for stronger collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for more credible intelligence sharing in tackling economic and financial… pic.twitter.com/HBpm0ahoJM
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