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Rose Uzoma was appointed over the weekend as the new
Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service. Mrs Uzoma
becomes the second female boss of the immigration service. In an
inauguration ceremony in Abuja, Minister of Interior, Emmanuel
Iheanacho, charged the new immigrations boss to provide good leadership
and sustain the gains of the modern immigration service.

As the former
Deputy Comptroller-General in charge of operations, Mrs Uzoma was in
charge of many of the service’s reforms such as the e-passport, an
improved border control, and more effective management of foreign
residents, which was recently emphasized with the biometric
registration of Africans in Nigeria.

Mr Iheanacho advised the new CG to equip herself with knowledge-based
leadership qualities to guarantee, not only a seamless management
transition, but an immigration service that will “stand tall and aspire
to excellence in service delivery.” He expressed confidence in her
capacity for success, noting that Mrs Uzoma was part of the team that
contributed to the achievements of the former CG. Mr Iheanacho said he
looked forward to the building of a modern service where Information
Communication Technology (ICT) was driving its operations.

Mrs Uzoma acknowledged the enormity of the challenges before her, and
promised that the service would vigorously tackle the issues of
terrorism and illegal immigrants.