Nigerian borders now better protected –Minister

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says Nigeria’s borders are now better protected, reflecting President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to total security of the borders.

He spoke in Lagos on Sunday during the Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) Professional and Empowerment Summit 2025.

At the summit themed “The Right Man in Governance: Advancing Mr President’s Renewed Hope Agenda”, the minister was honoured as TAMPAN Man of the Year.

Tunji-Ojo, represented by a former Commissioner in Ondo State, Dayo Awude, said the interior ministry had witnessed a massive turnaround under Tinubu’s government as part of the Renewed Hope Agenda.

“Today, if you go to our airport in Lagos, the MM2, we have the e-gates. If you go to Abuja, we have the e-gates. You don’t have to have any contact with any immigration officer harassing you and asking you questions unnecessarily.

“As long as you’re a citizen and you have your passport, just scan it, then you go. I think that is the way to go. Of course, our borders are better protected today.

“The correctional facilities are better than before. He has done well in every sector,” he said.

Responding to questions on the clearance of 200,000 passports, he said the challenge was inherited from the previous administration, but the minister had to tackle it because “it ought not to be.”

“Well, it was the previous administration, definitely. I think somebody then did not do his job or could not do his job or did not have what was required to do that job.

“And when the young man came, he was able to demonstrate that, no, we can get this done. And he did it,” he said.

The minister, while responding to the honour, described members of TAMPAN as the “conscience of the nation” and charged them to be more creative and original in their profession.

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