President Bola Tinubu has approved a lifetime salary arrangement for retired Comptrollers-General and Deputy Comptrollers-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has announced.

Tunji-Ojo disclosed the development on Friday at the closing ceremony of the Specialised Border Control and Immigration Management System training held at the Nigeria Immigration Service headquarters in Abuja.

The minister said the approval was part of the administration’s efforts to improve the welfare of serving and retired personnel under the Ministry of Interior. He also praised Tinubu for addressing promotion backlogs and improving recruitment and allowances across the services.

According to Tunji-Ojo, more than 50,000 personnel had received promotions within three years, while the government had also increased recruitment and reviewed salary-related benefits, including hazard and peculiar allowances.

The minister said retired Comptrollers-General had previously received pensions of about ₦130,000, which he described as inadequate. He said the President approved the lifetime salary arrangement to improve the welfare of former heads of the Immigration Service.

Tunji-Ojo urged personnel to reciprocate the government’s support by carrying out their duties effectively and improving service delivery to Nigerians. He said the administration was seeking to build institutions that would continue functioning beyond the tenure of the current government.

The announcement follows an earlier disclosure by the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation in April 2026 that a lifetime salary structure had been approved for retired senior officers across several paramilitary agencies, including the Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Fire Service and Nigerian Correctional Service.