Adepoju Wura-Ola has been officially appointed as the Nigeria Immigration Service’s substantive Comptroller-General by President Bola Tinubu.
Since June 1, 2023, Wura-Ola has served in an acting capacity.
The Secretary of the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board Civil Board, Ja’afaru Ahmed, made this announcement in a statement on Monday.
The statement read:
“President Tinubu approved the appointment of Adepoju Wura-Ola as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service.
“Until her appointment, she was the Deputy Comptroller General in charge of the Finance and Account Directorate.
“As an NIS officer, CGI Wura-Olu, attended some trainings, including; Immigration Training School Kano, Immigration Command, and Staff College Sokoto, National Institute for Security Studies Lower Usman Dam Bwari, Abuja, and Emotional Intelligence and Transformation Leadership.
“She is also a fellow of the Pass Command Course, a fellow Security Institute of Nigeria, and a Member Law Society of Upper Canada. She is happily married with children,” the statement read partly.”
The President also authorised the appointment of six Deputy Comptrollers-General for the service, according to the statement.
cc: Punch Ng
