The
Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro yesterday blamed the inability of the
Federal government to curb illegal migration into the country on the nation’s
porous borders, which he claimed were only barricaded with woods and tyres.
The Minister, who stated this yesterday during the 2013 Ministerial Platform in Abuja, stressed that no fewer than 1, 497 illegal routes and 84 legal routes had so far been identified by the Nigeria Immigration Service,NIS.
The Minister, who stated this yesterday during the 2013 Ministerial Platform in Abuja, stressed that no fewer than 1, 497 illegal routes and 84 legal routes had so far been identified by the Nigeria Immigration Service,NIS.
He
said, “The condition of our borders is alarming. It is unfortunate that the
illegal routes are barricaded by tyres and woods, which create an easy route
for terrorists into the country. I want to assure you that we will contain the
situation that has beclouded our country for such a long time
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CDAN Voice and Data Radios have been procured and are being installed in 59
Immigration locations nationwide,” a strategy, he said, would provide effective
communication links between the state commands and border control posts.
Comrade
Moro, while expressing hope that the ongoing crisis in the nation would soon
end lauded the four para-military agencies under his supervision in their
effort to actualize the transformation agenda of the present administration.
He
stated that efforts put in place by the NSCDC in ensuring the protection of
major assets of the nation, which include oil pipelines and prevention of oil
theft through bunkering among others, were yielding fruit.
He
also noted that the NSCDC had also embarked on aggressive training and
retraining of its armed squad, adding that a sizeable number of its armed
personnel was working jointly with the Nigerian Army to
enhance their capacity to tackle the present security challenges facing the
nation.
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