Recruitment saga: Immigration Comptroller General removed

 According to a letter issued addressed to Uzoma  by the Director/ Secretary, of the Civil Defence, Immigration, Fire Service and Prisons Service Board (CDFIPB), Dr. K. Attahiru, she was asked to proceed on her per-retirement accumulated vacation.
 

 “I am to further convey that you are to hand over the duties and responsibilities of your office on or Wednesday, 16th January, 2013 to the most senior Deputy Comptroller General of Immigration in the person of Rilwan Bala Musa MNI, who will act as Comptroller General of Immigration pending the appointment of a substantive CG of Immigration.
 

“On behalf of the Hon. Minister of Interior and all members of the board, I wish to thank you for your service to Nigeria . The board wishes you good luck in your future endeavour,” Attahiru stated.

Mrs Uzoma who will be 60 on March 23 is the second woman to hold the post of Comptroller General of the Immigration Service. Though it is being insinuated that she would have to go, having attained the mandatory retirement age, the alleged recruitment scam that trailed the agency recently is believed to have hastened the process.
 
Mrs Uzoma was alleged to have favoured applicants from certain parts of the country over others in the agency’s recruitment process. It got so bad that the Minister of the Interior, Abba Moro placed an embargo on recruitment into the service.
 
Some officers at the Headquarters who spoke on the condition of anonymity expressed gladness with the development. They also said they anticipated a change as some states had “too much representation in the NIS”.