FG Signs One-Year Performance Contracts with Paramilitary Agencies, Targets 100% Reform Success

FG Signs One-Year Performance Contracts with Paramilitary Agencies, Targets 100% Reform Success

The Federal Government has entered into one-year performance contracts with key paramilitary agencies, setting a bold target of achieving 100 percent success in ongoing reforms.

The contracts cover the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Fire Service (FFS), and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), now under the Ministry of Interior.

The agreements focus on critical reforms such as passport and visa processing, prison decongestion, inmate rehabilitation, protection of national assets, and modern firefighting systems.

Those who signed on behalf of their agencies include Prof. Abubakar Audi (NSCDC Commandant General), Mr. Sylvester Nwakuche (Controller General of Corrections) and Mr. Samuel Adeyemi (Federal Fire Service Commandant General). However, Mrs. Kemi Nanna Nandap, Comptroller-General of Immigration, was absent as she was outside the country.

The signing followed a three-day retreat at Zuma Rock Resort, Suleja, Niger State, and was supervised by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who emphasized full implementation of reforms.

“Yes. When we did the last retreat, we were 62 percent. A year after, the Presidential Performance Assessment Initiative moved us from 62 percent to 85 percent. So now our target is 100 percent. That is why I asked the Permanent Secretary to give me one reason why I need to change a winning team,” Tunji-Ojo said.

He stressed the importance of capacity building across the paramilitary services, aligning reforms with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The minister also urged NIMC’s Director-General, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, to sustain identity management reforms to ensure a fraud-free national database.

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On correctional service reforms, Tunji-Ojo said rehabilitation must take priority:

“Correctional Centres should no longer be a place for condemnation,” he said, adding that the agencies must “not only make Mr. President proud, but leave a legacy of building strong institutions that would stand the test of time after the exit of the current leaders.”

Addressing the Federal Fire Service, he outlined a clear vision for modernization:

“I told you there’s a lot of work to be done in terms of orientation, in terms of scope of service. By this time next year, I want to see a fire service that will be custodian of emergency medical service. I want to see a fire service that will be liberalized. I want to see a fire service that will allow for private sector participation. I want to see a fire service that will be able to regulate and be able to enumerate the sector. And I want to see a Fire Service that will be judged by the number of assets saved.”

The performance contracts are expected to fast-track reforms in service delivery, institutional efficiency, and public confidence across all the agencies.