It would be recalled that the federal government announced plans to establish a command and control centre to check irregular migration into the country.
Nigeria’s Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has revealed that the country has established a centre to curb the illegal entry of foreigners into the country and is fully active.
It was also noted that the centre had commenced 24-hour operation since Monday.
The Minister stated this during a Channels TV programme, adding that the Centre would be responsible for the rigorous screening of individuals entering Nigeria via land borders.
It would be recalled that the federal government announced plans to establish a command and control centre to check irregular migration into the country.
“We did the induction programme about two weeks ago. Just yesterday, we started the 24-hour operation of the command and control centre at Soka, the immigration headquarters in Abuja,” Tunji-Ojo said.
“All our international airports are on it. It’s there, live and direct. Even our land and sea borders are being integrated there because of what we call a regular migration control centre.
“And the APIS that I promised the other time, that’s the advanced passenger information system is also live now.”
“We started receiving data from KLM and a lot of others.”
“So, we have started the pre-profiling of people before they come into Nigeria, taking a decision, looking and integrating”
“This is now integrated to the criminal records system, to the Interpol, and a lot of other things I won’t be able to talk deeply into. So, that is live and direct.”
“So, what it means now is that it’s no longer subjective profiling. What we do now is objective profiling, just like you see anywhere in the world. And what we have in Nigeria, it’s not just an API,” he said.
“It’s an IAPI, an interactive API, which is top-notch, the best you can get anywhere in the world, and I challenge anybody to dispute that; we already have that” he noted.
