Legit reports that the supervising agency for the documentation of foreigners says there won’t be any extension once the grace period for the documentation expires.
Officials of the agency note that Nigerians harbouring undocumented foreigners or having them in their employment will be jailed seven years or made to pay a fine of N1m.
The officials noted that all undocumented foreigners above 18 years without evidence of proper documentation would be arrested after the grace period and promptly deported at the expiration of the grace period.
It said that Nigerians popularly known as agents, who usually facilitate the illegal movement of young girls and boys from neighbouring countries into Nigeria for the purpose of linking them up with those in need of domestic servants in homes across the country now stand the risk of a 10-year jail term or a fine of N1 million.
The spokesperson for the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Sunday James also explained that migrants not captured on the migrant e-registration database by January 12, 2020 would be arrested and prosecuted.
