The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has faulted the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS for engaging consultants to manage visa and passport-related matters at Nigerian missions across the world.
The committee also summoned the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore; and the Acting Comptroller-General of the NIS, Idris Jere, to appear before it on Wednesday to address the issue.
It was gathered the summons was issued when an Assistant Comptroller-General in charge of Budget, Olubusola Fashakin, appeared before the committee to represent Jere over a query issued by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation against the NIS.
Chairman of the committee, Oluwole Oke said the arrangement was costing Nigeria a lot of money and should be stopped immediately, since the country has personnel who have been trained to carry out the same functions.
