President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Idris, till May 29, 2023.
According to Daily Post, this was disclosed by Public Relations Officer of NIS, Comptroller Tony Akuneme.
Daily Post reports that the tenure extension was contained in the letter of extension from Buhari, signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari.
Recall that the Governing Board of the Nigeria Immigration Service, last week Wednesday, served a retirement notice to Idris, effective on or before April 24, 2023.
The issuance of the retirement notice followed a claim by the Concerned Nigeria Immigration Stakeholders, urging the President not to extend Idris’ tenure.
They warned that such a move could spark internal disputes that may snowball into full-blown protests by the service’s personnel.
Idris, who was Deputy Comptroller-General (Accounting), assumed duty as acting head of the service in September 2021 after the retirement of the former CGI, Muhammed Babandede.
The acting CGI was due for retirement when he turned 60 on April 24, 2022, under the civil service rules, until Buhari extended his tenure by one year.
