Tinubu Positions Immigration Service As Continental Leader In Border Security – Tunji-Ojo

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said President Bola Tinubu has positioned the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) as a continental leader in border security through investments in technology and critical infrastructure.

Tunji-Ojo stated this in a post on X, highlighting the service’s development of a fully off-grid, solar-powered Command and Control Centre and a data centre with a capacity of more than eight petabytes, which he described as one of the largest in Africa.

“His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has positioned the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), as a continental leader in border security,” the minister said.

He said the facilities reflect the technological capacity being developed within the service to support its border security operations.

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“From a fully off-grid solar-powered Command & Control Centre to an 8+ petabyte data centre, one of the largest in Africa, NIS now runs resilient technology managed entirely by its own officers,” Tunji-Ojo stated.

The minister’s remarks highlighted the role of technology in strengthening the service’s operational capacity, particularly through infrastructure designed to support its command, control and data management functions.

The solar-powered Command and Control Centre is designed to operate independently of the conventional electricity supply, while the data centre provides substantial capacity for storing and managing information.

Tunji-Ojo’s statement also emphasised that the systems are managed entirely by NIS officers, pointing to the service’s in-house technical capacity.