Nigeria Immigration Service has uncovered about 1,487 illegal routes to the country.

The NIS also identified 84 regular borders to the country.

The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja while responding to questions on the porous nature of the nation’s borders.

The service, he added, had taken steps by patrolling the routes in order to check the illegal movement of people and goods into the country.

Moro said, “Since I assumed office, we have taken deliberate steps in conjunction with National Boundaries Commission to identify our borders and the routes that lead to Nigeria from other countries, and in the process, we have been able to identify 84 regular borders and over 1,487 irregular routes to Nigeria.”

The minister, who said the President Goodluck Jonathan administration was battling with the security challenges facing the nation, noted that the government had taken proactive steps to control the influx of illegal aliens into the country.

He added that plans were underway to use the Public Private Partnership model to demarcate further Nigeria borders post with her neighbouring countries to ensure better border management.

The minister said, “We are contemplating using the Public Private Partnership model to see how we can construct graders around our borders. As it is today, if you go to many of our land borders, you hardly can define when you are in Nigeria and when you are out of it, and that is because of the lack of physical structure that will separate Nigeria from the other countries.”

Moro promised that within the year, construction work would start at some of the border posts to ensure effective patrols and better border management.

On the influx of aliens into the country, the Minister said though the problem was not peculiar to Nigeria, the NIS had not relented in its responsibility of ensuring that unauthorised persons were eased out of the country.

http://www.punchng.com/news/immigration-uncovers-1487-illegal-routes-to-nigeria/

84 regular borders to Nigeria?

Lets have a list of the 1,487 illegal routes.

No wonder crime has always been and remained on the high side...

Why now? This is the main point "construction work would start at some of the border posts". In conclusion "they want to eat money" period!

1,487 whaaaaaat?? Omo na wa ohh...

I'm sure it must be more than that cos all routes links to Nigeria.

Blame Sanusi

naija my country God help us

For this 9ja!

Burger01: No wonder crime has always been and remained on the high side...

definitely

Scary! Things could really get messy if we are in war and fighting lets say Cameron! They would inflitrate us without our knowledge.
No wonder the BBC English Dictionary doesnt believe Nigeria is a country....just an entity

This guy want to give border patrol to his company,if not what is the business of a private company in a matter of national security, so what is the function of the immigration service, if they have less personnel employ more youths.

May be they want give the land border patrol to Shekau the way they gave maritime border to tompolo.

They should list the routes.. I" m curious

Wait. . .wait. . .don't you hafta have a LEGAL ROUTE to have an ILLEGAL one??!

Bwahahaha! I love it when we try to feel among! Errone is talking about Immigration problems, not to be left out, we too we carry clipboard and pen and start counting illegal route.

Naija for show!!

If true , dn government should employ more people into immigration services so that dy kan take care of any such route

No wonder BH, smuggling etc are thriving.

Burger01: No wonder crime has always been and remained on the high side...

Yes because all the Tundes, Raheems and Okoros whose names are splattered on the dailies for one crime or the other are foreigners.

Ok

..and Oga Jonathan is not working so says 'haters' ...and I continue to wonder that don't we have past leaders to take inventories of these loopholes little wonder anything goes in this 'funny country' thank God this man came out with figures, so much for insecurities

Sisi_Kill:

Yes because all the Tundes, Raheems and Okoros whose names are splattered on the dailies for one crime or the other are foreigners.

Thank you very much my sister to be frank 99% of crimes in Nigeria are committed by Nigerians and infact our neighbors are very wary of us if you know.

Sisi_Kill:

Yes because all the Tundes, Raheems and Okoros whose names are splattered on the dailies for one crime or the other are foreigners.

Not necessarily Foreigners but locals (and also foreigners) that deal in illegalities across the illegal borders....and don't you think that this adds to the high crime rate in your naija?

Illegal routes in the South: Contraband Smuggling routes
Illegal routes in the North: Boko Haram and Weapons Smuggling routes.

they should consider building a wall around the country! Great wall of Nigeria!

who luves naija so much they wanna smuggle in illegally? :/

Alamen:

They know before now. So there is nothing like 'uncovered'. They just decided to expose it now.

NOW THAT THEY'VE SPOKEN, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO CHECKMATE ACTIVITIES ON THOSE ILLEGAL ROUTES? WHAT IMMEDIATE STEPS HAVE THEY TAKEN TO STEM ACTIVITIES ON THOSE ROUTES? IS IT NOT TIME TO MASSIVELY EMPLOY PEOPLE THAT WILL MAN THOSE LEGAL AND ILLEGAL ROUTES TO CHECKMATE SMUGGLING/CRIME/HUMAN TRAFFICKING ETC?

EVEN WITH THIS REVELATION, EMPLOYMENT WILL STILL FOLLOW "DUE PROCESS" OF WAITING FOR MONTHS FOR THE FORMS TO BE RELEASED, SHORTLISTING, EXAM, SHORTLISTING, INTERVIEW, SHORTLISTING, FEDERAL CHARACTER COMMISION, EXECUTIVE ASSENT, FINAL LIST, SENATE LIST, FINAL-FINAL LIST, 'MERIT LIST', APPROVED LIST, PRESIDENCY LIST, IMMIGRATION MINISTER LIST, COMPTROLLERS LIST, ROYAL FATHERS, POLITICIANS AND GOD-FATHERS LIST...

THEN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS WILL BE CONCLUDED AFTER 9 MONTHS-1 YEAR WHEN THE SMUGGLERS HAVE DEVISED HUNDREDS OF NEW ROUTES ASIDES THE ONES DISCOVERED WHILE THE HONOURABLE MINISTER WILL BE WAITING TO GLEEFULLY ANNOUNCE ANOTHER SET OF ILLEGAL ROUTES DISCOVERED.


WE ARE ALL GUILTY!!!


ALL WE NEED IS TO FULLY FOLLOW THE WORDS IN OUR NATIONAL PLEDGE..

..TO BE FAITHFUL, LOYAL AND HONEST..

Only 1487?

I love my contiri 9jiria......

Nigeria is so vulnerable to any attack. jeeez