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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has stated that it will not allow foreign migrants from neighboring countries to vote in next year's election.
The pledge was made by the Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI) Isah Idris on Thursday during a meeting with top management staff of the Service, Zonal Coordinators, and Comptrollers of Commands/Formations at the Service Headquarters in Abuja, where the operational briefing was given as part of preparations for the upcoming general elections in 2023.
According to a press release issued by the NIS's spokesman, Amos Okpu, during the meeting, the CGI reaffirmed the government's commitment to a free and fair electoral process for the 2023 general elections and charged Heads of Commands and Formations across the country to increase surveillance activities in all locations, including Border Crossing Points, to ensure successful elections.
He instructed the activation and deployment of all migration management and border security assets within the service to ensure that ineligible people, mainly migrants, are not permitted to vote in the country's elections.
The CGI said: “To this end, I hereby direct that regular meetings with all the migrants’ communities in the country be intensified to sensitize them on the need for them to stay away from participating in the nation’s electoral process for the 2023 general elections.
“Divisional Immigration Officers (DIOs) across the 774 Local Councils in the country have been directed to deepen surveillance and engagements with the migrant communities in their areas to ensure that no migrant gets involved in the elections.”
He revealed that the Service has recently intercepted and confiscated some voter cards from certain migrants, warning that stiff sanctions await any migrant attempting to participate in the nation’s electoral process.
Idris while stressing the Service’s ethical obligation and commitment to maintain political neutrality in the discharge of statutory duties, said “as Para-military Officers, we are prohibited from political partisanship before, during and after the elections. Therefore, the Service is seizing the opportunity to sensitize its Personnel through their respective Comptrollers on the need for them to remain apolitical before, during and after the elections as members of the Service.”
He enjoined all personnel to be alive to their responsibilities, warning that any infractions or unprofessional conduct before, during, and after the elections will attract severe sanctions.
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