….As Dutch Govt donates equipment to NIS By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Federal Government and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands have expressed commient to deepening their cooperation in the area of migration and human smuggling. The development came as the Repatriation and Departure Service, Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands donated some equipment to the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS Hostmanship Unit. The Nigeria Immigration Service NIS implements Hostmanship as a specialized service delivery and human dignity training program, developed in partnership with the Repatriation and Departure Services of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security.
Its core purpose is to train officers to approach public interactions with empathy, hospitality, professionalism, and respect. The equipment, presented at a ceremony in Abuja, includes a 24 KVA solar inverter system, a 20-kilowatt backup lithium battery, two 75-inch LG Smart TVs, a TV stand, a TV wall mount, a digital projector and projector screen, nine sun-shaped window blinds, an outdoor wireless internet router, four solar standing fans, an integrated sound system, two wireless microphones, an HP laptop computer, a whiteboard and a whiteboard stand. The Comptroller General of Immigration, Kemi Nandap described the donation as an investment in people and institutional excellence, saying it went beyond a mere collection of office assets.
She said the items represented “our collective resolve to build an organization where professionalism, empathy, courtesy, and excellence define every interaction with members of the public.” Nandap said the Hostmanship Unit, though recently established, had made remarkable progress in embedding a guest-centred culture across the service through structured training programmes and the development of the Nigeria Immigration Service Guest Engagement Guidelines. She said the donation would strengthen the capacity of the unit to carry out its mandate, enhance training delivery and improve operational efficiency. Nandap expressed the service’s profound appreciation to the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, particularly the Repatriation and Departure Service (DT&V), for its unwavering support, describing the partnership as one that had gone beyond technical assistance to become “a genuine collaboration built on trust, shared learning, and a common desire …
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