Nigerian Government Promises To Improve Security At International Airports

The Nigerian Government said its decision to install electronic gates at all the nation’s international airports would help flag unwanted persons or persons of interest from entering Nigeria, a move it said would boost national security.

Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed this on Friday when he inspected the gates at the arrival section of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja as well as the Command and Control Centre at the headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS.

Noting that the gates would eliminate the inconveniences associated with clearance at the arrival lounge, the minister said rather than several minutes, travellers arriving the country would now spend few seconds at the gates.

Tunji-Ojo remarked that the facilities would be installed at the arrival point of all the international Airports in the country stating that the gesture would equally enhance security situation at the Airports.

The minister however noted that the the gesture was part of the President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda which geared towards the restoration of the people’s confidence in government.

Olusola Akintonde