The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Ogun State Command, and the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ogun State Council, have pledged to strengthen collaboration to tackle human trafficking, irregular migration and border crimes in the state.
The dedication was made on Tuesday throughout a courtesy go to by the chief members of the Correspondents’ Chapel to the Command’s headquarters in Abeokuta.
Speaking in the course of the go to, the Comptroller of Immigration, Ogun State Command, Ganiyu Oladele Olubunmi, mentioned efficient service supply by safety businesses depends closely on the media to attain the general public.
Olubunmi described the NIS and the media as twin companions in progress, noting that the Immigration Service can’t obtain its operational mandates in isolation.
“NIS and the media are companions in progress. We are a service supplier, and for all these providers, there have to be a channel. That is the place journalists come in.
“We can’t do it alone, and we want this collaboration to proceed. My doorways are open for any inquiries in Ogun State,” he said.
He defined that the media stays the bridge between safety businesses and the general public, and the simplest car for projecting the command’s anti-crime drives, border administration initiatives and administrative updates.
Highlighting the command’s core operational priorities, the comptroller mentioned it routinely engages in sensitization towards irregular migration, human trafficking and trans-border crimes throughout border communities and concrete centres, however such efforts would stay ineffective with out the sturdy attain of the media.
“We additionally interact in sensitization on irregular migration, human trafficking, and others. All this consciousness can’t be efficient with out the media,” he mentioned.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Comrade Yetunde Fatungase, lauded the NIS for its frontline function in safeguarding nationwide borders and regulating migration.
Fatungase mentioned journalists recognise the contributions of the Service to nationwide safety, public security, passport issuance and administration of overseas nationals, and referred to as for structured channels for immediate data sharing.
She reaffirmed the chapel’s dedication to moral journalism, fact-checking and balanced reporting to assist fight faux information, make clear border laws and assist public security throughout Ogun State.
