Tinubu Approves Lifetime Pay For Ex-Immigration Chiefs

The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu cleared historic promotion backlogs within the ministry’s paramilitary services and officially approved lifetime salaries for retired Comptrollers-General and Deputy Comptrollers-General of Immigration.

Tunji-Ojo disclosed the developmental milestone on Friday at the closing ceremony of the Specialised Border Control and Immigration Management System Training held at the Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters in Abuja.

Commending the administration’s human capital initiatives, the minister noted that over 50,000 personnel across the ministry’s agencies have secured promotions to elevated ranks and offices within the past three years.

Extolling the President’s welfare interventions, Tunji-Ojo stated, It has never happened before, but Tinubu did it. He also increased the volume of recruitment, where we now have no fewer than 40,000 new recruits at once.

He added, When it comes to salary increment, Mr. President has done it. In terms of hazard allowances, peculiar allowance, he also did.

The minister specifically highlighted the drastic restructuring of retirement packages for top immigration chiefs, contrasting previous pension earnings with the newly approved life-long scheme.

Explaining the shift in policy, Tunji-Ojo remarked, Previously, CGs had a pension of about N130,000; it was not encouraging. But what did the president do? He signed and approved salary for life for CGs and DCGs.

Reaffirming the administration’s dedication to paramilitary personnel, he emphasized, This president has cared for the services more than any president in the history of Nigeria. He has given you his all.

He urged officers to mirror the government’s commitment through enhanced public service delivery, stating, And all he asks from us in the service is to do our jobs well and make Nigerians happy. Everything we have asked of him, he has done. This is the least we can do.

Describing President Tinubu as a visionary leader building sustainable institutions under the Renewed Hope Agenda, the minister noted, President Bola Tinubu has never been about the immediate, but the future. He understands that the most prosperous nations do not boil, cook, and eat their seeds; they plant them.

Tunji-Ojo concluded by stressing, What this president is doing is planting the seed so that the future will be abundant, adding that Tinubu remains focused on leaving behind resilient security and paramilitary structures for generations to come.