NIS, journalists partner to tackle trafficking, illegal migration in Ogun

The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Ogun State Command, and the Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ogun State Council, person pledged to fortify collaboration to tackle quality trafficking, irregular migration and borderline crimes successful the state.

The committedness was made connected Tuesday during a courtesy sojourn by the enforcement members of the Correspondents' Chapel to the Command's office successful Abeokuta.

Speaking during the visit, the Comptroller of Immigration, Ogun State Command, Ganiyu Oladele Olubunmi, said effectual work transportation by information agencies relies heavy connected the media to scope the public.

Olubunmi described the NIS and the media arsenic duplicate partners successful progress, noting that the Immigration Service cannot execute its operational mandates successful isolation.

"NIS and the media are partners successful progress. We are a work provider, and for each these services, determination indispensable beryllium a channel. That is wherever journalists travel in.

"We cannot bash it alone, and we would similar this collaboration to continue. My doors are unfastened for immoderate inquiries successful Ogun State," helium stated.

He explained that the media remains the span betwixt information agencies and the public, and the astir effectual conveyance for projecting the command's anti-crime drives, borderline absorption initiatives and administrative updates.

Highlighting the command's halfway operational priorities, the comptroller said it routinely engages successful sensitization against irregular migration, quality tr...