Abeshi, CG of immigration, hands over to Babandede
May 19
20:08
2016
Martin Abeshi, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has retired.
Abeshi, who was due for retirement as of May 13, spent five extra days before his exit on Thursday.
TheCable gathered that Abeshi had sought for an extension of his tenure, having reached the retirement age, but he did not get the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari.
He replaced David Parradang who was sacked under controversial circumstances.
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Muhammed Babandede has taken over as acting comptroller-general of the NIS.
Until his appointment, Babandede was the head of the operations and passport directorate.
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“The longer you stay, the sooner you go”. Wife of Controller General over to you, for slapping your instructor at training immigration school.Nigerians Na wao.