The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said President Bola Tinubu approved lifetime salaries for retired Comptrollers-General and Deputy Comptrollers-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service.
Tunji-Ojo disclosed this on Friday at the closing ceremony of the Specialised Border Control and Immigration Management System (BCIMS) training held at the Immigration Service Headquarters in Abuja.
The minister commended Tinubu for addressing promotion backlogs across agencies under the Ministry of Interior, noting that at least 50,000 personnel had benefited from promotions within three years.
He also said the administration had increased recruitment, with no fewer than 40,000 personnel recruited at once.
According to Tunji-Ojo, the President has also approved salary increases and improved hazard and peculiar allowances for personnel in the services.
Highlighting the administration’s commitment to the welfare of retired officers, the minister said the President had approved lifetime salaries for retired heads and deputy heads of the Immigration Service.
Tunji-Ojo described Tinubu as a leader committed to improving the welfare of security personnel, adding that the President had done more for the services than any previous administration.
He urged personnel to reciprocate the government’s support by performing their duties effectively and ensuring Nigerians received quality service.
The minister also praised the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda, saying its policies were designed to deliver lasting benefits beyond the current administration.
According to him, Tinubu is focused on building strong institutions that will remain effective long after he leaves office.“President Bola Tinubu has never been about the immediate, but the future.
He understands that the most prosperous nations do not boil, cook and eat their seeds; they plant them,” Tunji-Ojo said.
He added that the President recognised that while political officeholders would eventually leave office, the institutions they built would continue to serve future generations.
