The
federal government has ordered that all foreign ‘aliens’ living
within Abuja and its surrounding area councils be officially
registered.
Bala
Mohammed Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and a member
of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Federal Executive Council (FEC)
gave this directive Thursday to all chairmen of the six area
councils. They will in conjunction with officials of the Nigerian
Immigration Service (NIS) begin the process of cataloguing all
immigrants in their respective jurisdictions.
Mohammed
issued the order during an
