Immigration demotes 14 employees, fires 4 employees, and fines 18 others.

The Nigeria Immigration Service NIS has reprimanded 36 of its employees for corruption as part of efforts to make doing business easier and guarantee that Nigerians receive the best services possible.

For a variety of offenses for which they appeared before the Orderly Room Trial Committee of the Service, 14 of the figure were demoted while four of them were discharged.

This was revealed in a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja by service spokesman DCI Tony Akuneme.

He stated in the statement “As part of efforts to rid the Service of bad eggs and in furtherance of the Federal Government’s fight against corruption, the Nigeria Immigration Service has dismissed 4 personnel and demoted 14 for various offences for which they appeared before the Orderly Room Trial Committee of the Service.”

He claims that two additional employees were redeployed and four other employees were fired and found not guilty.

“Eleven were issued warning letters and one was compulsorily retired. According to the Committee, 11 personnel are still awaiting trial.

“The CGI is assuring the general public that there are no sacred cows in the NIS as all offenders shall be appropriately sanctioned.