[Mhiz Rebecca]

The attention of the appropriate authorities has been
called to the alleged corrupt practices being carried out
by officers at the Nigeria immigration Service checkpoint
along Maiduguri – Damaturu road in Borno state.
According to reports, the officers are collect various
amounts from citizens that do not have a National ID
Card without giving them receipt for the payment.
Many online users who have witnessed the issue –
confirmed the report as they revealed that the ”fee”
collection has been going on for years now without
doing anything about it.
A Facebook user, Sharafuddeen Adam shared the news
online. Below is what he wrote;
This shows a Nigeria lmmigration Service checkpoint
along Maiduguri – Damaturu road specifically around
Jimtilo. The officers are collecting N500 from those that
do not have a National ID Card without giving them
receipt for the payment. The vulnerable are the poor who
use commercial vehicles. Those in private vehicles are
not considered by these officers.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Government should make more centers for issuing
National ID Card so that every one will have access to it
without hardship.
2. EFCC, ICPC, The National Assembly and Borno State
Government should take proper measures to stop this
corrupt practice.