“Nigeria as a country is a big giant, we need talented people, skilled and knowledgeable batch of experts to build this great country.”
NIS has warned the public, especially applicants, to be wary of fraudulent invitation letters for recruitment.
She urged anyone seeking to go abroad to always go through regular means to avoid untold ordeals faced by those who attempted through illegal means.
She said that since the federal government had tightened air and land borders across the country, marine borders would not be left porous.
NIS says about 97,000 passport booklets issued were uncollected in the 36 states nationwide, including Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The acting comptroller general of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Caroline Adepoju, on Friday, announced a state of emergency on passport issuance.
