The Federal
Government, through the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has revoked the
resident permit of expatriate staff of six companies operating in the country. The Comptroller-General of the NIS, Mr
Muhammad Babandede, announced this in Abuja on Wednesday in a statement issued
by Mr Sunday James, spokesman of the agency.
James identified
the companies as INTELS Nig. Ltd., PRODECO International Ltd., West Africa
Machinery Services Ltd., Net Global System International Ltd., MGM Logistics
Solutions Ltd., and ORIEAN Investment Ltd. He said the action was in exercise
of the powers vested on the Comptroller-General in section 39 subsection 1 of
the Immigration Act 2015 and section 5, subsection 5 of the Immigration
Regulation 2017.
The sections empower
the NIS to revoke the resident permit of expatriate workers of companies whose
operational licenses are withdrawn by the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority. “Consequently, Babandede has directed that
the expatriate staff of the affected companies above leave Nigeria not later
than Nov. 30, 2017. “They might be recommended to the Honourable Minister of
Interior for deportation should they fail to leave the country as directed by
the CGI,’’ James added.
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