Kogi gets new Immigration Service Controller, as Musa bows out of service

The Comptroller of Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Kogi State Command, Mr. Taiwo Yunusa Musa, has bowed out of active service.

Our Kogi State Correspondent, reports that the pulling out parade took place at the Command’s Headquarter in Lokoja, today, Monday July 17.

Musa, who was the Kogi State NIS Comptroller, pulled out of active service after 35 years of meritorious service.

At the well-attended ceremony, the representative of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mrs. Aminat Usman, described Musa as a very active officer.

“Retirement from active duty is natural and inevitable end of service for every serving personnel and it begins to count from the day you join the ranks of the Armed Forces of Nigeria,” Usman added.

The pulling out parade, which was part of the NIS tradition for retired Senior Officers, was well attended by all Service Chiefs and Senior Personnel in the state.

Speaking with newsmen, Musa, said: “I feel honoured, my joy is complete. I feel fulfilled after 35 years of movement from one state to another, leaving the family behind and all the issues that came with the job. So, all glory goes to God.

“Tremendous changes were made under my leadership with the assistance of officers and men.

“I am very proud today. I am leaving the Service better than I met it. I have made my contributions and I pray that successive leaders will improve on what we have done,” he said.

The outgoing Comptroller, passed the baton of leadership to Deputy Comptroller, T. A Adetula, who becomes the acting Controller.

Until now, Adetula was the Passport Control Officer, Kogi State Command.

Adetula, who promised to sustain the good legacies and continue to build on the achievements on ground, solicited the cooperation of staff and officers of the command.

He, however, appeal for the collaboration of sister security agencies in the state to ensure adequate security of Kogi State.

He also assured that foreigners living and doing business in the state would be closely monitored to ensure they do not engage in acts capable of undermining national economic interest and peaceful coexistence.

He therefore urged the contractor handling the NIS permanent site to speedy-up the job so as to enable them move from the temporary site to the new headquarters.

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