The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has retired from service.
A Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Finance and Account, Idris Isah Jere, has taken over in an acting capacity pending the appointment of a substantive Comptroller General by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Babandede, who was appointed on the 15th of May 2016 to replace Martin Kure Abeshi, is retiring after putting in 36 years in service.
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Speaking at a valedictory session organised in his honour on Friday, Babandede said; “I have left Immigration better than I found it.”
He urged his successor not to “throw away the ideas we stand for”, saying “Keep the good things and drop the bad ones.”
Babandede promised to be an ambassador of the NIS, and ever ready to assist whenever he is called on by the Service.
