(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Maku-and-Moro1-300x200.jpg) While responding to questions from the media regarding the possibility of replacing lost passports for Nigerians abroad; issues of refugees in Nigeria and functionality of the fire service, the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro has explained that Nigerians abroad who misplaced their passports can now be re-issued new ones at the embassies.
On Fire Service, Abba Moro said that 227 Fire stations have now been established for the Nigerian Fire Service to enable them perform optimally.
Earlier, while giving the opening address at the Ministerial Platform for Tuesday, June 18, 2013, theMinister of Information, Labaran Maku revealed that a Police Academy with similar functions as the Nigerian Defence Academy has been established in Kano for degree awards; noting that the structures provided in the new academy for the police force and the equipment are geared towards strengthening internal security in the country.
Labaran Maku commended the Nigerian President for his initiative towards providing training for officers in the Interior Ministry, prison reform and institution of a fire code requiring satisfactory compliance by residential and commercial buildings in the country.
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