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Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service Muhammad Babandede
Has stressed the need for adequate security as a necessary requirement for human capital development in the country.
He stated this while presenting a paper titled: “National Security and Human Capital Development: The Role of NIS,” for participants of Senior Executive Course 42 at the National Institute for Policy And Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, near Jos, Plateau State.
As an expert in Border Security and Migration Studies, he dealt with the topic in the spirit of National Security as it relates to human capital development the role of Nigeria Immigration Service.
He said in its mandate on Border Security and Migration Management Nigeria Immigration Service was in the heart of National Security saying he considered national security as someone who needed to be healthy, psychologically sound, financially buoyant to serve the purpose it was meant to serve, securing the nation that is National Security, how it impacts on Human Capital Development with regard to the mission and vision of the service.
“A country’s National Security has a lot to do with human capital development because of human element involved, the control of exit and entry of Migrants into a country when properly controlled guarantees a secured nation with a defined National Security.
“The Human Capital Development aspect of the NIS with respect to National Security has to do with how effective the service is able to control before entry, control at the point of entry, control after entry by the deployment of border security and Migration Control tools including e-visa, MIDAS, e-migrant registration, e-border technology, visa on arrival and biometric visa, among others.”
He explained that NIS approach to national security was in Migration Control, Border Management Strategy, establishment of fully equipped and functional Forward Operating Base (FOB), saying the Technology Building under construction at the NIS Headquarters was the hub for data collation for dissemination to other sister security services when commissioned.
“Nigeria will be better for it by harvesting every information about a migrant before entry, at the point of entry, and while within the country for a secured nation boosting a robust national security,” he added.