The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service Isa Jere Idris has directed the Comptroller of Immigration Service Bayelsa State James Sunday to visit the IDP Camp and donate drinking water to the Internally Displaced Persons for them to have clean drinking water both adults and children.
The directive was carried out on tuesday at OX- BOW LAKE IDP camp where thousands of IDPs families were camped by the Bayelsa State Government for temporary shelter,the Flood which had rendered several families homeless.
According to the NIS, the gesture from the Comptroller General is a sign of goodwill from the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service Isa Jere Idris to the Officers and Men of the Bayelsa Command and also directed that the affected 64 personnel of the service affected by the flood be taken into consideration.
A team of experts are to visit Bayelsa Command from the service headquarters,Abuja to access the state of the command flooded to enable the Comptroller General take an inform decision after reporting back.
The Comptroller of Immigration Service Bayelsa State James Sunday,who expressed appreciation to the Leadership of the service for directing at an appropriate time evacuation of all service movable assets and sensitive documents before the flood came into the command, said the action has saved the service from lost of assets and sensitive documents, that are not recoverable if they were trapped,the service is operating fully at a new location in the heart of YENAGOA pending the receding of the flood and fumigation to certify the environment healthy for habitation and work.
He also warned Officers and Men to avoid any attempt to be away from duty on AWOL or otherwise which may lead to summary disciplinary action or dismissal as work continues and supervisors will be held responsible for any staff absent during headcount schedule for Friday.
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