The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has been given a marching order for repository of accurate data on expatriates and dismantling of observed bottlenecks to ensure seamless issuance of international passports.
Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, gave the directive during his maiden familiarisation visit to the NIS headquarters in Abuja.
Tunji-Ojo promised to look into several agreements the NIS struck with service providers, stating that the pacts were frustrating the agency from actualising its mandates.“My daughter waited for six months to get her passport booklet. As a House Committee on NDDC chairman, I faced this too. Imagine what an average Nigerian would face. It’s like we are waiting for a passport to heaven,” the minister said.
Tunji-Ojo urged the London immigration office to improve its services and accord Nigerians maximum respect while seeking for travel documents, adding: “Our citizens wherever they are must be proud to be Nigerians.” He gave the warning while on an inspection tour of the national headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service and the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory .
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