Federal Ministry of Interior (Nigeria)
The Federal Ministry of the Interior is tasked with providing complementary internal security and other ancillary services within Nigeria. The Ministry of Interior was formed in 2007 after the Ministry of Internal Affairs merged with the Ministry of Police Affairs. The Ministry formulates and implements policies related to border management and supervises the National Immigration Service.[1] The current Minister of the Interior is RTD Lt-Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau.
History
The concern to maintain internal security gave rise to the creation of Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1957.[2] In 2007, the Ministry of Internal Affairs merged with the Ministry of Police Affairs, resulting in the Ministry of the Interior.
Functions
- Granting of Nigerian citizenship
- Consular and immigration services
- Granting of business permits and expatriate quotas
- Co-ordination of national and independence day celebrations
- Reformation and re-integration of inmates
- Security of lives and properties
- Management of National emergencies;
- Recruitment of officers and men of the Prisons Service, Immigration Service, Fire Service and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
- Managing the retirement benefits of retirees of paramilitary Services under its supervision.
List of Ministers
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Bagudu Mamman* | 1990–1991 |
| Godwin Abbe | 2007–2009 |
| Shettima Mustapha | 2009–2010 |
| Emmanuel Iheanacho | 2010–2011 |
| Patrick Abba Moro | 2011–2015 |
| Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau | 2015–2015 |
*Minister of Internal Affairs
References
- ^ Collyer, Michael. Emigration Nations: Policies and Ideologies of Emigrant Engagement. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. p. 234. ISBN 9781137277107.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "About the Ministry". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
