NIS to replace ECOWAS travel certificates with biometric cards
July 26, 2021
The Controller-General of the Immigration Service ( CGIS), Mr Mohammed Babandede, says that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) travel certificates will soon be replaced with biometric cards.
The newly appointed spokesman of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Assistant Controller (AC) Amos Okpu, confirmed the plan to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday.
According to Okpu, individual’s data will be linked with the new biometric card, a feature that the ECOWAS travel certificate does not possess.
“The new biometric card will contain all information about the user.’’
Okpu quoted the CGIS as saying that the biometric- card evolution remained cardinal to Nigeria’s security architecture and economic development.
He also said that the service would involve traditional institutions to garner more information on migration management.
“NIS will involve traditional institutions and other relevant groups and systems to garner first-hand information that will help the service in security management,’’ he said.(NAN)