President Bola Tinubu has approved lifetime salaries for retired Comptrollers-General and Deputy Comptrollers-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service as part of efforts to improve the welfare of serving and retired personnel.

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this on Friday during the closing ceremony of a specialised training programme on border control and immigration management at the Immigration Headquarters in Abuja.

According to the minister, the approval forms part of several measures introduced by the Tinubu administration to improve conditions of service across agencies under the Ministry of Interior.

Tunji-Ojo said the government had also addressed longstanding promotion delays, with at least 50,000 personnel receiving promotions within the past three years.

He added that the administration had expanded recruitment, increased salaries and improved hazard and peculiar allowances for personnel.

The minister explained that retired Comptrollers-General of Immigration previously received pensions of about N130,000, describing the amount as inadequate. He said the president’s approval of lifetime salaries for retired Comptrollers-General and Deputy Comptrollers-General represented a significant change in their welfare arrangements.

Tunji-Ojo also commended Tinubu for prioritising the welfare of security personnel, urging officers to reciprocate the government’s support by performing their duties effectively and improving service delivery to Nigerians.

He said the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda was focused on establishing sustainable institutions that would continue to function beyond the president’s tenure.

According to the minister, the government’s policies are designed to deliver lasting benefits rather than focus solely on immediate results, adding that strong institutions would help secure long-term national development.