He noted particularly that the Solar powered project being constructed at Tolutoluwa, Yobe state would provide the Nigeria Immigration Service with information, employing modern communication and surveillance equipment to manage remote border areas. According to Immigration sources, though Nigeria has only 84 approved land border control posts, there are more than 1,400 illegal borders in the country. He said: “The control of entry and exit of persons in Nigeria is administratively vested in the Directorate of Border Management of the Nigeria Immigration Service. “These activities are carried through established control posts at the Nation”s borders namely: 5 airports, 6 Seaports and 114 land border control posts. “We have strengthened the prosperity and security of Nigeria through proactive, effective and efficient border security and migration management,” he said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 27, 2019 17:03 UTC