President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate retirement of the acting Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Isah Jere Idris.
The retirement follows the expiration of his initial extended one year tenure, as well as the dust raised by several Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), which warned the Presidency against another consideration for Jere.
The development was contained in secret notification of one year tenure extension expiration memo addressed to Jere.
The memo dated April 17, 2023 with code number CDCFIB/APPT.CG&DCG/61/VOL.IV/74 was signed by the secretary to the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, Obasi Edozie Edmond, on the orders of the Board chairman and Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola.
Jere is by the retirement notice directed to hand over the duties and responsibilities of his office to the most senior officer in the Service, pending the appointment of a substantive CG of Immigration.
Isah Jere Idris was appointed in acting capacity before his retirement in April 2022, but got his tenure elongated for one year ahead of expiration.
The extended tenure automatically ends on April 24, 2023.