Current and Past Leaders of the Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS)

Since the establishment of the Nigeria Immigration Services in 1958, the agency have had leaders who supervised the duties and affairs of the agency. After the establishment was restructured in 1963 to manage modern migration in line with global, regional and sub-regional political alignments, the agency was headed by the Chief Federal Immigration Officer (CFIO).

E. H. Harrison, Esq was the first Chief Federal Immigration Officer (CFIO). In 1977 the agency was restructured and the head of Immigration Services was headed by the Director of Immigration.

In 1990, the Nigeria Immigration Services had Alh. Garba Abbas as the last Director of Immigrations and as the first Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Services(NIS).

The first female Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS) Lady U. C. Nwizu, was appointed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000.

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Services is appointed by the President of the federation.

Here are a list of current and past leaders of the Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS)

Immigration Boss	Position	Date
EH Harrison, Esq.	CFIO	1962 – 1966
JE Onubogu	CFIO	1966 – 1967
Alayedeino Esq	CFIO	1967 – 1976
Alh. Aliyu Mohammed	Director of Immigration	1977 – 1979
Lawal Sambo	Director of Immigration	1979 – 1985
Muhammed Damulak	Director of Immigration	1985 – 1990
Alh. Garba Abbas	Director of Immigration / CGIS	1990 – 1995
Alh. Sahabi Abubakar Dange	CGIS	1995 – 1999
Alh. U. K. Umar	CGIS	1999 – 2000
Lady U. C. Nwizu	CGIS	2000 – 2004
Chukwurah Joseph Udeh	CGIS	2005 – 2010
Rose Chinyere Uzoma	CGIS	2010 – 2013
Rilwan Bala Musa, mni	Ag. CGIS	2013
David Shikfu Parradang, mni	CGIS	2013 – 2015
Martin Kure Abeshi	CGIS	2015 – 2016
Mohammed Babandede	CGIS	2016- Date