Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Darlington Nwauju, has described President Bola Tinubu’s programmes and policies serially churned out at the Ministry of Interior under Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo as a sheer civilian revolution.
“At different fora and platforms, I had declared that Nigerians must place their microscope on the happenings at that Ministry, and dispassionately compare the key performance indices set by the Ministry and the visible/tangible scorecard that the Ministry has recorded.
“It is unarguable that under the Tinubu administration, there is a Ministry that comes out tops in terms of tangible deliverables, and that Ministry is the Interior Ministry,” the APC stalwart said.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, Nwauju said the outstanding performance of the Interior Ministry in less than two years far outweighs what it has done since 1999, adding that analysts and opinion moulders, based on available statistics, will readily agree that “Dr Tunji-Ojo and the Ministry of Interior easily pick the trophy or garlands as the Ministry that provides the best campaign material for the current administration.”
He said the transformation that has occurred at the Immigration Service, Correctional Services, Fire Service, and NSCDC, in terms of morale, welfare, and rebranding, are positive reference points of novel ideas, effective service delivery, careful planning, excellence, and teamwork.
“Interestingly, most of these achievements have come at minimal cost to the government purse as public/private partnerships are explored with full government ownership.”
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According to him, the Ministry, which was once seen as the “Ministry for Holiday Affairs” under past administrations, has become revolutionised under the patriotic and selfless leadership of Tunji-Ojo, who stepped into the same dead ministry and has turned it into the envy of both diaspora Nigerians and those at home with the promotion of over 50,000 paramilitary officers across the agencies under it.
He further noted that the ministry rehabilitated some correctional centres, remodelled the fire service academy, launched contactless biometric passports, deployed over 40 eGates across Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Enugu, and Port Harcourt international airports, established a command and control centre, launch of the safe school initiative, enhanced e-passport facilities, etc.
He noted the recent launch of the eGates by President Tinubu, which is one of the achievements of the Interior Ministry, describing it as a glimpse of reassurance for safer borders and improved internal security.
“Unarguably, the Interior Ministry under Dr. Tunji-Ojo has set very high standards of performance for all public office holders in Nigeria today, and clearly, his appointment by Mr President oxygenates debates for the recruitment of more youths to handle sensitive positions,” he added.