Federal Ministry of Interior (Nigeria)

The Federal Ministry of the Interior is a part of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria tasked with providing complementary internal security and other ancillary services within Nigeria.

History

The concern to maintain internal security gave rise to the creation of Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1957.^[1] In 2007, the Ministry of Internal Affairs merged with the Ministry of Police Affairs, resulting in the Ministry of the Interior.

The current Minister of the Interior is RTD Lt-Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau.

Functions

The Ministry formulates and implements policies related to border management and supervises the National Immigration Service.^[2]

Its other functions include:

• Granting of Nigerian citizenship
• Consular and immigration services
• Granting of business permits and expatriate quotas
• Co-ordination of national and independence day celebrations
• Reformation and re-integration of inmates
• Security of lives and properties
• Management of National emergencies;
• Recruitment of officers and men of the Prisons Service, Immigration Service, Fire Service and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
• Managing the retirement benefits of retirees of paramilitary Services under its supervision.

List of Ministers

Name	Term
Bagudu Mamman*	1990–1991
Godwin Abbe	2007–2009
Shettima Mustapha	2009–2010
Emmanuel Iheanacho	2010–2011
Patrick Abba Moro	2011–2015
Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau	2015–2015

*Minister of Internal Affairs

References

1. "About the Ministry". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
2. Collyer, Michael. Emigration Nations: Policies and Ideologies of Emigrant Engagement. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. p. 234. ISBN 9781137277107.

External links

• http://interior.gov.ng/