FG sets up panel on fresh Immigration recruitment, others

The Federal Government has set up a Presidential Committee to assist Para-Military agencies to conduct another recruitment exercise into the Nigerian Immigration Service.

A statement issued on Wednesday night in Abuja by the Secretary to the Government theFederation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim said the Committee has 12 weeks to conclude its assignment.

According to him, President Goodluck Jonathan approved the composition and mandate of the Special Presidential Committee to assist the Civil Defence, Fire Service, Immigration and Prisons Board to re-conduct the aborted recruitment into the NIS.

The Committee’s terms of reference include liaising with the Civil Defence, Fire Service, Immigration and Prisons Board to confirm the actual number of personnel to be recruited; assisting the Civil Defence, Fire Service, Immigration and Prisons Board by re-advertising the recruitment into the NIS with a view to starting the recruitment process afresh and assisting the Civil Defence, Fire Service, Immigration and Prisons Board by processing the applications, short listing potential candidates and conducting the necessary interviews for the purpose of the recruitment exercise.

Others are assisting the Civil Defence, Fire Service, Immigration and Prisons Board by following all relevant laws, public service rules and guidelines, to determine successful applicants and announce their appointment into the NIS; ensuring that three family members of each deceased applicant from the aborted exercise, at least one of whom should be a female, are given immediate and automatic employment in the NIS; and ensuring that all those injured during the aborted exercise, are given immediate and automatic employment in the NIS.

The SGF named the Committee members as follows: Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission-Chairman; Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service-Member; Representative of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation -Member; Representative of the Commandant-General, NSCDC-Member; Representative of the Comptroller, Prison Service – Member; Representative of the Corp Marshal, FRSC- Member; Representative of the Director-General, DSS – Member, and Permanent Secretary, Special Duties (OSGF) -Member/Secretary.