Passport booklets scarcity caused by CBN’s forex policy, says NIS | TheCable
The Nigeria Immigration Service says the scarcity of international passport booklets in the country is due to the lack of access to foreign currency.
Speaking on Tuesday at a public hearing organised by an ad-hoc committee of the house of representatives, Idris Jere, comptroller-general of the NIS, said the booklets are imported into the country. He said the shortage was caused by the “foreign exchange regulation policy of the government and CBN’s refusal to grant access to forex for importation of the booklets”.
“We generate forex from the sale of passports but we do not have access to buy the same booklet and that is a challenge for NIS,” NAN quoted Jere as saying.“The factors responsible for the scarcity of passports include the inability to set up passport producing factory in Nigeria as its production is done abroad.
“The major seven components used for producing passports are sold in the international market and the assemblage and production are done in Malaysia.”corrupt officials were undermining the efforts of the NIS at sanitising the passport application process.
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