We’ve Surmounted Challenges In Passport Application – Federal Govt - Latest News
“All these shot up demand, more than our production capacity. But thankfully, we have addressed the challenge successfully and cleared the arrears. We are now producing on the schedule of six weeks after biometric data enrollment for fresh applications and three weeks for renewal.
The minister said in spite of the challenges they faced in 2022, the NIS produced 1.9 million passports, against the one million produced in 2021. This is about 80 per cent increase and it is unprecedented. “Getting the passport is a right of all Nigerians and for those outside the country, it is a necessity. The passport validates your person and existence and without it, you stand the risk of being classified as a stateless person outside the country. But our mandate is to provide the passport for all Nigerians desirous of it seamlessly, without any stress.
“They have remained on this ruinous path sadly because desperate applicants continue to patronise them. But I am appealing to Nigerians, as your patriotic duty, to stop patronising them and gratifying their lust for lucre. Make it a duty to report such solicitation for gratification to the office of the Controller General of Immigration or my office.”
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