Some Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) personnel deployed to man Nigeria’s land borders have decried the non-payment of their allowances for two and a half years, leaving them in a deplorable working condition.
The personnel claimed that they had been stationed at the borders for over five years, dating back to the previous administration; a situation they said was unusual and discouraged
The statement came some months after the formation of the Joint Border Patrol by his office.
He further said, “Nigeria is bordered to the North by Niger Republic, to the East by Chad and Cameroon and to the South by the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean and to the West by Benin Republic.
“However, Nigeria’s excessive land and maritime borders are incredibly porous and poorly managed and this places further responsibility on the border security agencies.
“In this regard, the Nigeria Customs Service has developed the E-Customs strategy while the Nigeria Immigration Service put in place an integrated border management system.
“It is necessary to observe that both strategies place a premium on employing technology to complement other existing physical border security arrangements.’’
