Minister of Interior advises immigration to get backlog free from passport applications
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has again given the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) fourteen days to clear all the forthcoming passport applications.
Ojo gave the mandate at a gathering with Caroline Adepoju, Acting Controller General of Immigration in Abuja on Thursday, September 7. Yinka Fisher, overseeing head of Iris Smart Technologies, the organization accountable for the creation of Nigerian passport booklets likewise went to the gathering.
The Minister said he chose to give the order in satisfaction of his guarantee to eliminate all bottlenecks in the obtaining of Nigerian passports and other immigration documents.
He referenced that postpones in the handling and enrolment of passports in Nigeria have been a wellspring of disappointment for citizens, creating huge setbacks for getting pivotal travel documents.
"Managing around 200,000 backlogs requires a national crisis. Taking everything into account, the issue of passport is a national crisis; I continue receiving messages everyday from Nigerians griping.
"We can't proceed with this way. It has turned into a shame to President Bola Tinubu. I address him here as your minister.
"That shame is mine now. I'm not changing my words. I really want the backlog cleared in about fourteen days. I get day to day gives an account of enrolment from NIS on my telephone. This is my most ideal way to be in the loop of the circumstance.
"Nigerians merit the best. It is their entitlement to claim a passport in the event that they can bear the cost of it. We will likewise guarantee that our obligations are cleared by November.
"My position stays that the defer during the time spent acquiring the passport should end."
Adepoju and Fisher guaranteed the minister that every fundamental asset and measures would be conveyed to get the backlog free from passport applications.
Adepoju who uncovered that the quantity of enrolments starting around Thursday morning is presently 200,000 the nation over, said the NIS has tied down an adequate number of booklets to clear the backlog.
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