NIS Boss Urges
NIS Boss Urges Security Spokespersons to Communicate
Always
The Controller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service,
Muhammad Babandede has tasked security spokesperson to always
communicate with the public not only when there is crisis.
Babandede made the charge when the management of the Centre for
Crisis Communication (CCC) paid him a courtesy visit in his
office.
Babandede stated that for the Nigerian Immigration,
communication is an integral part of its services. According to
him, NIS deals with the world and as such needs to communicate well
to the public.
CG NIS
with CCC Management
He disclosed that the Service take the issue of capacity
building in the areas of communication very seriously considering
that both its internal and external public are mostly elite. He
explained that as an organisation that performs both the law
enforcement agency and service facilitator, NIS takes the issue of
communication very seriously.
Appreciating the thoughtfulness of the CCC to focus on building
the capacity of information and public relations officers of
military, security, intelligence and response agencies in Nigeria,
he promised to partner the centre to enhance the capacity of
Immigration officers in the art of public communication.
Earlier in his remarks, the Executive Secretary of the Centre,
Air Commodore Yusuf Anas (Rtd), acknowledged the tremendous
achievements of the Immigration boss since assuming office.
According to him, these include the introduction of ingenious
initiatives that will aid Nigeria’s immigration challenges like the
newly introduced Immigration E-Registration, Visa-on-Arrival which
will enhance Nigeria’s ease of doing business and also
infrastructural developments aimed at repositioning the service for
effectiveness.
By PRNigeria