- Muhammad Babandede, the Comptroller-General of Immigration, has revoked residence permits of the expatriate workers in six companies in Nigeria
- Some of the companies are said to have belong to Atiku Abubakar, the vice president.
- Babandede said the expatriate staff of the affected companies should leave Nigeria not later than Thursday, November 30
Muhammad Babandede, the comptroller-general of immigration, revolked the residence permits of the expatriate workers in six companies, including Intels Nigeria Ltd said belong to Atiku Abubakar, the vice president.
Punch reports that the affected workers were also directed to leave the country before November 30, 2017 failing which they may be deported.
Sunday James, the immigration service public relations officer, said on Wednesday, November 15, the revocation was in the exercise of the powers vested on the CG in Section 39 sub-section 1 of Immigration Act 2015 and Section 5, sub-section 5 of the Immigration Regulation, 2017.
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Beside Intels, other firms affected by the directive included Prodeco International Ltd., West Africa Machinery Services Ltd., Net Global System International Ltd., MGM Logistics Solutions Ltd., and Oriean Investment Ltd.
James in the statement said the revocation of the expatriates’ residence permits followed the withdrawal of the operational licenses of their employers by the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority.
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The statement read: ''Muhammad Babandede , the Comptroller/General of Immigration service, hereby revokes the residence permits of the expatriate staff of the underlisted companies.
''Consequently, the CGI has directed that the expatriate staff of the affected companies leave Nigeria not later than November 30, failure of which they might be recommended to the Minister of Interior for deportation.”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Gabriele Volpi, the majority shareholder of maritime logistics company, Intels Nigeria Limited, apologised to the federal government and the Nigerian Ports Authority over the spat that led to the termination of the pilotage agency agreement between his company and NPA.
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Source: Naija.ng
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Wednesday 15 November 2017