Akuneme was also at some point seconded to the office of the minister of state for education as Special Assistant on media (2015 to 2019).
By Jeffrey Agbo
Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isa Jere, has approved the appointment of Deputy Comptroller Tony Akuneme, as the new spokesman of the Service.
The appointment takes immediate effect, according to a posting order signed on behalf of the CGIS by the Assistant Comptroller General in charge of Human Resources Management, Usman Babangida.
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Akuneme has previously served in various formations at home and abroad in the last 29 years of his career in the NIS, including deputy zonal PRO, Lagos Zone (1995 to 2005), command PRO, Akwa Ibom State command (2005 to 2008), Deputy National PRO ( 2008 to 2011), Immigration Attache, Nigeria High Commission Canada (2011 to 2014).
Akuneme was also at some point seconded to the office of the minister of state for education as Special Assistant on media (2015 to 2019), before he was posted to the Nigeria Diaspora Commission as Head of Immigration Desk, a position he held till his recent appointment.
He is married with children.
