FG compounds Atiku woes, revokes Intels expatriates permits

The Federal Government has revoked the resident permit of expatriate staff of six companies operating in the country.

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, announced this in Abuja on Wednesday in a released statement.

The C-G said the action was in exercise of the powers vested on the Comptroller-General in section 39 subsection 1 of the Immigration Act 2015 and section 5, subsection 5 of the Immigration Regulation 2017.

The sections empower the NIS to revoke the resident permit of expatriate workers of companies whose operational licenses are withdrawn by the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority.

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The NIS identified the companies as INTELS Nig. Ltd., PRODECO International Ltd., West Africa Machinery Services Ltd., Net Global System International Ltd., MGM Logistics Solutions Ltd., and ORIEAN Investment Ltd.

According to the release, the expatriate staff of the affected companies to leave Nigeria not later than November 30, 2017. “They might be recommended to the honourable minister of interior for deportation should they fail to leave the country as directed by the cgi,” the statement said.

It would be recalled that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) had canceled the contract between it and INTELS after it cited “contract breech” alleging that Intels did not comply with the Federal Government’s directive on the Treasury Single Account, TSA.