The Comptroller Normal of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), CGI Kemi Nanna Nandap, has authorized the appointment of Kenneth Tyoapine Udo, a Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCI), as the brand new Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO).
Udo succeeds Adedotun Aridegbe who has since been promoted to the rank of Comptroller of Immigration Service and presently serves because the Principal Workers Officer (PSO) to the CGI.
A local of Konshisha LGA in Benue State, DCI Udo holds a Bachelor of Science Diploma in Sociology from the College of Abuja.
His skilled growth consists of the completion of assorted programs inside and outdoors the nation, together with the thirtieth Superintendent Primary Course on the Immigration Coaching Faculty in Kano. The Roundtable on Sudan Crises and Regional Safety by the Nationwide Defence Faculty, Return Counseling toolkit coaching, selling migration safety and Resolution-making, organized by IOM, UN Migration and European Union amongst others.
With a wealth of expertise in Migration Administration, DCI Udo has served in numerous capacities all through his profession within the NIS.
Notably, he served as a private aide to the Honourable Minister of Inside from 1999 to 2005 and private aide to the Comptroller Normal of Immigration from 2007 to 2010. He was additionally at totally different occasions, a Private Assistant to a number of high-ranking officers throughout the NIS.
His service extends past nationwide borders, having served as Immigration Attaché in Washington DC, USA from 2017 to 2021, and later because the Dean of Self-discipline on the Immigration Coaching Faculty in Ahoada, Rivers State from 2021 to 2022.
Till his latest appointment, he held the place of two i/c Migration Administration on the Service Headquarters in Abuja.
He was the focal officer, Nationwide Human Rights Fee, in addition to the focal officer, Return, Readmission and Reintegration Committee.
Poised to signify the Service with professionalism and dedication, DCI Kenneth Udo has assumed obligation on the NIS headquarters because the Public Relations Officer.