“We have continued to punish NIS officers and men who try to assist people for a fee. You can assist people genuinely but not extort from them,” he said.
According to him, NIS has taken a step further to visit traditional rulers in the border communities so as not to engage in transborder crimes.
Before the extension, the CG NIS tenure had ended on April 24.
Mr Adegoke said the NIMC devised the framework with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to improve passport services through the timely verification of NIN.
Interior minister Rauf Aregbesola says Nigeria now has a competent electronic border security architecture to secure the country effectively.
The enhanced e-passport has more sophisticated security features and is one of the most secure passports in the world, said NIS boss Isah Jere.
The immigration service said that majority of the passports had wrong phone contacts and untraceable addresses.
The agency said it was not true that getting one’s passport or renewing it at any of the offices was very difficult.
The extension is to help clear the backlog of applications for international passports.
Political parties were also asked to provide their campaign timetables to the command to aid necessary security actions.
