NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
The Federal Government has established a new two-week timeline for the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to process and issue international passports to eligible applicants.
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this announcement on Wednesday in Abuja during a press briefing to update Nigerians on the state of passport backlogs in the country.
He stated that no Nigerian would have to wait for more than two weeks to get an international passport from now on.
Tunji-Ojo disclosed that the Federal Government was in the process of reviewing the visa and passport policies, emphasising that visa policies must be based on reciprocity. A committee has been set up to advise the government appropriately in this regard.
According to the Minister, the Nigeria Immigration Service has cleared all 204,332 passport application backlogs as of October 1, 2023, and has urged Nigerians to go and collect their passports without any additional charges.
Tunji-Ojo revealed that 91,281 passports have been collected so far out of the 204,332 backlogs that have been cleared by the Immigration Service…
