By Seun Adams
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Interior has approved the promotion of 32,361 of its personnel across the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Nigerian Correctional Service (NSC) and the Federal Fire Fire Service (FFS).
The promotion is said to be unprecedented in the annals of the ministry against its previous promotion exercises, thereby a remarkable achievements and milestone for personnel in hthe various MDAs.
The Minister in charge of the Ministry, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who was represented by the the Comptroller General of the NSCDC, Dr. Ahmed Audi on Friday, gave the breakdown of the promotion in the various service as: NIS, 4,598, NSCDC, 21,398, FFS, 1,680, NCS, 4,498.
The Minister expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu, for his concern for the welfare of the Nigerian workers, noting that the 2023 promotion was indeed a departure from its previous ones because of the high number of personnel involved in the promotion exercise.
According to him, the promotion is triggered off by President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda mantra and the dividend of democracy of the present administration.
He said: “This is very unprecedented. We would like to thank President Bola Tinubu for his support and concern given to the Ministry through the Minister and this is part of the dividend of democracy on the Renewed Hope Agenda drive.”
Congratulating the recipients, he charge the various personnel from all the services to give their best to the service of their fatherland, urging them always think of out you can do for your country and not what your country can do for you.
