The federal government of Nigerian on Wednesday announced the revocation of the residence permits of the expatriate staff in Intels and five other Nigerian companies.
Intels is owned by former vice president, Atiku Abubakar.
In a statement issued in Abuja by the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Immigrations Service, NIS, Sunday James, the service said the order was from its Comptroller General, Muhammad Babandede.
The statement said NIS took the decision after withdrawal of the operational licenses of the affected companies by the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority.
The service gave November 30 as the deadline for the affected staff to leave the country, saying refusal to do so, would mean getting the Ministry of Interior to forcefully deport them.
“The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, MFR hereby revokes the Residence Permits of the Expatriate staff of the underlisted companies, in the exercise of the powers vested on him in section 39 subsection 1 of Immigration Act 2015 and section 5, subsection 5 of the Immigration Regulations 2017 after withdrawal of the operational licenses of the under mentioned companies by the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority.
“The affected companies are: INTELS Nig. Ltd., PRODECO International Ltd, West Africa Machinery Services Ltd., Net Global System International Ltd., MGM Logistics Solutions Ltd., ORIEAN Investment Ltd.
“Consequently, the CGI has directed that the expatriate staff of the affected companies above leave Nigeria not later than 30th November, 2017, failure of which they might be recommended to the Honourable Minister of Interior for deportation,” it read.
