The Nigeria Immigration Service has allayed the fears that the country’s land borders can serve as unchecked entry points for the Ebola virus currently ravaging the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
The NIS insisted that every border crossing in Nigeria was manned and that the service had deployed digital surveillance infrastructure to monitor routes that personnel alone could not cover.
The service’s spokesperson, Akinsola Akinlabi, gave the assurance on Friday in an interview with Sunday PUNCH, as concerns continue to mount over the country’s vulnerability to the Ebola outbreak.
Akinlabi said, “Our borders are not porous. Anyone who comes in through our borders is known. They must show proper documents, including an international health certificate.
“Our job is to man the borders and ensure that people who shouldn’t be in the country are not allowed into the country.”
