Nigeria started irregular migrant clampdown on August 1

The federal government will start clampdown in irregular migrants in the country starting August 1.

Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Olubunmi Supi-Ojo, revealed this during a meeting with the Nigerian Employer Consultative Association (NECA) on Tuesday in Abuja.

He said the federal government gave a three -month grace period to irregular migrants starting from May 1.

The Minister said: “So on August 1, there will be a strict clampdown in irregular immigrants in the country.

“We hope that people will take advantage of the three-month grace period to regulate and subdue themselves on an established immigration protocol.”

He also revealed that the new expatriate administration system (EAS) will begin on May 1, after that the enforcement will start from August 1.

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Tunji-ojo said the federal government would no longer tolerate the situation in which some companies prevented Nigerian immigration services (NIS) from carrying out their legal duties.

“We have agreed that the era when some companies behave very little irresponsible by distorting, blocking, and avoiding the target of immigration laws will no longer be tolerated.

“We all agree with the private sector that under the law, immigration services have the right to do their work and must carry out their mandate.

“We will be very hard to any company that avoids or prevents NIS from carrying out its legal responsibilities, because we will not tolerate it in the future,” added.

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