Rivers
I’m Here To Serve Rivers People – NIS Boss
The Passport Control Officer, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Rivers State Command, DCI Audi Musa Maisudan, has said his posting to the State was to serve the people and ensure that there will be no bottle neck in Passport transaction.
Maisudan made this known when he spoke in an exclusive chat with The Tide in Port Harcourt at the weekend.
He said passport capturing and collection under his watch must be without stress irrespective of the work pleasure.
“I am posted to Rivers State because of Rivers people. It is my joy to treat people fairly. It is also timely”, he said.
Part of the work plans to achieve his target, he said, is to ensure a free relationship between him and staff of the unit.
He said he carries out routine checks on the staff and their offices to ensure that challenges were not sighted anywhere.
According to him, the work methodology duly applied has helped to resolve an old issue he inherited from the office.
“I have cleared over 600 files in the office within one month. I motivate the staff. Public relationship help us to do the work with ease. I make sure that everyone is happy”, he said.
About the digital passport system, he said it was running effectively with zero challenge.
He also called on passport applicants not to panic and added that the unit has enough booklets.
On passport issuance, he informed that third party with an authority letter and certified means of identification can now collect passport on behalf of the owner/applicant.
Another limb of the decision, he clarified, was to resolve the issue of unclaimed piles of passport as was noticed in the office sometime ago.
It will be recalled that the Passport Unit of the NIS, Port Harcourt, around November last year, revealed that about 5,000 passports were yet to be collected by the applicants from their office.
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Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.