Saturday, January 28, 2006

[Nigeria] Immigration Sacks 200 Over Passport Fraud / allAfrica.com, 25 Jan 2006

http://allafrica.com/stories/200601260159.html
Kingsley Nwezeh
"Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Joseph Udeh, said yesterday that the service has sacked 200 personnel who were involved in passport racketeering and what he described as 'official touting' in their passport offices. The Immigration boss told newsmen in Abuja that 'Corruption in the passport office is the biggest problem for the Nigerian Immigration Service. Official touts are out there, immigration officers, making things difficult, muddling up things', he said."