Kano
state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has noted that the
commercial position of Kano city coupled with the daily influx of people
from several parts of West Africa is a great challenge to the Nigeria
Immigration Service.
Receiving
the new Comptroller of the state command of the service, CIS Sadik Baba
Shehuri in his office, Governor Ganduje lamented that the multiplicity
of people in the state has made it vulnerable to security challenges.
For
instance, he highlighted that in recent times, most of the people
arrested in the state for alleged cattle rustling were identified as
people from West African countries who connive with unscrupulous local
Fulani.
He
was also of the view that with what the Nigerian Army’s renewed effort
to tackle insurgency, Kano, in view of its high population and ethnic
diversity, may attract some insurgents, urging the Nigeria Immigration
Service to be up and doing in terms of its responsibilities to keep the
state safe.
Governor
Ganduje, who charged security agencies in the state to cultivate strong
coordination of their activities, to make the state safe at all times,
donated a brand new 18 – seater bus to the state command of Nigeria
Immigration Service to ease its logistical problems.
In
his speech earlier on, the Comptroller of the state command of the NIS,
Mr. Sadik Baba Shehuri told the governor that in collaboration with
other security agencies, the Immigration Service has evolved new
strategies to monitor movement of people to and out of the state.
While
thanking the state government for untiring support to the command, CIS
Shehuri requested for office accommodation to enable smooth take - off
of the second passport office in the state as well as a vehicle to
assist his officers in routine surveillance.
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