The seven directorates are: 1. Human Resources 2. Finance and Accounts 3. Planning, Research and Statistics 4. Work and Procurement 5. Investigation, Inspectorate/ Enforcement 6. Operations/ Passport 7. Border Patrol, ECOWAS/ African Affairs 1. HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTORATE This directorate is mandated to handle the following: a. Appointment, Promotion and Discipline b. Staff Welfare and Gender c. Training and Staff Development d. Personnel To ensure that appropriate Nominal Roll is kept and implement Biometric Registration of all officers To ensure enhance welfare of officers Proffer unbiased recommendation for the discipline of erring officers To provide necessary administrative and technical support for the smooth running of the service 1. FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS Its primary role is that of providing the necessary financial support for the smooth running of the service. Its basic responsibilities a. Accounts b. Budget c. Revenue To ensure timely preparation and submission of budget To ensure timely payment of claims and salaries to officers Handling all financial transactions of the service 1. PLANNING, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS The directorate is saddle with the responsibility of: a. Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation b. Research and Statistics c. ICT and Data Bank Generate research and policies to drive the service Analyze monthly returns and make necessary recommendations 1. WORK AND PROCUREMENT The directorate is to handle: a. Works b. Procurement To ensure the maintenance of our facilities and buildings nationwide Ensure that contracts are duly awarded, monitored and done according to specifications 1. INVESTIGATION, INSPECTORATE/ ENFORECEMENT This directorate is charged with the responsibility: a. Investigation, Intelligence b. Inspectorate/ Enforcement c. Anti-Human Trafficking d. Migration and Aliens Investigation of breaches of Nigeria’s extant Immigration laws Prepares eligibility, briefs on applicants seeking to obtain Nigeria Citizenship Enforces repatriation and deportation orders To ensure that incidence of Human Trafficking and Smuggling of migrants is reduced To vet all officers holding strategic positions in the Service and all new in-takes 1. OPERATIONS/ PASSPORT The directorate is to handle: a. Visa/ Entry Permit b. Standard Passport c. Other Travel Documents Issue various Immigration facilities within specified real time To drive successfully the implementation of the new Visa Policy To pursue to logical conclusion the investigation and cancellation of any fraudulently issued passports To ensure that a credible watch list is maintained and is circulated to passport offices and periodically updated To keep a soft-copy of Nigerians renouncing their citizenship and ensure their passports are duly cancelled Implementation of multilateral and bilateral agreements 1. BORDER PATROL, ECOWAS/ AFRICAN AFFAIRS The directorate is charged with manning all a. Land Border b. Marine Border c. Airport/ Air Patrol d. ECOWAS/ African Affairs Manning of Nigeria’s exit and entry points To patrol Nigeria’s aerial, Coastal and Land Borders To monitor the movement of ECOWAS and other African Citizens To ensure that irregular movement of persons through unapproved routs is reduced to the barest minimum- so as to effectively combat the incidence of Human Trafficking, Weapon smuggling and Terrorism To ensure that prohibited and wanted persons do not enter or leave the country undetected
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