The Ministry

VISION

To provide internal security in accordance with international best practice.

MISSION STATEMENT

To render to Nigerians and foreigners alike, diverse internal security and other ancillary services that are highly qualitative, efficient, courteous and transparent.

The Ministry of Interior has undergone several structural changes both in functions and nomenclature and today the Ministry of Interior is responsible for:

• Granting of Nigerian Citizenship
• Consular and Immigration Services
• Granting Business Permits and Expatriate quotas
• Co-ordination of National/Independence Day Celebration
• Reformation and re-integration inmates
• Security of lives and properties
• Management of National emergencies
• Recruitment of officers and men of the Prisons Service, Immigration Service, Fire Service and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and
• Managing the retirement benefits of retirees of Paramilitary Services under its supervision.