NIS to rehabilitate training schools in 4 states

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede has pledged to rehabilitate the Service training schools in Kano, Sokoto, Rivers and Imo states.

Babandede made the pledge in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.

He said that the measure was to ensure that‎ the schools are repositioned in line with international best practices for the training of officers and men of the Service.
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Babandede said his vision was to restore the old glory of the schools when it used to train para-military operatives from the West Africa sub-region and beyond.
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He noted that with the ongoing‎ recruitment into the Service, the schools need to be in top shape to accommodate and train the new recruits.
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He said he had inspected facilities at the Kano training school during the combined passing out parade of 456 officers and border patrol corps with a view to getting first-hand knowledge on the level of work done.

He said that plans were underway to visit other training schools also with a view to repositioning them.
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The NIS boss appealed to the respective state governments where the schools are domiciled to also support in the rehabilitation and equipping of the schools.
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He said that some renovations had been carried out in the schools but more still needed to be done in terms upgrading their facilities to international standard.

He said that the NIS was already collaborating with its international donor partners such as the European Union (EU), GIZ, International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in the training of officers and men in the schools.