News

Over 110,000 Passports Uncollected Across Nigeria – Immigration Service

Spread the love
< 1 min read

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has disclosed that 112,351 passport booklets are still yet to be claimed by applicants as of 5th October 2023.

 

Speaking at a press conference at the Service headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, October 5, Acting Comptroller General (CG) of the NIS, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola said they’ve cleared all the 204,332 passport application backlogs after Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo’s two-week deadline to the Service.

Ola said that while 91,981 passport booklets have been collected so far, 112,351 booklets are yet to be collected.

She said;

“I invite applicants who have applied for passports to come and pick them up without paying anything extra.”

The NIS Acting CG who further revealed that the Service and its partners have upgraded their facilities to meet the demand for the document by Nigerians, added that they are now working towards automating the passport application process.

Admin

Recent Posts

BREAKING: THE HATCHET PLAN OF THE ENUGU STATE APC TO TAKE OVER THE WARD POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF PDP AND USURP POWER IN 2027

It is a verifiable fact that the Honorable. Minister for Science and Technology, Chief. Engr.…

1 year ago

Outbreak: Phone accessories dealer commits suicide in Kogi

Two months after inferno ravaged the popularly GSM village in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital,…

1 year ago

Man shot dead in Anambra by policeman over N100

  A police operative attached to Otuocha Area Command, Anambra East Local Government Area of…

1 year ago

‘We can no longer feed’ – FCT residents cry out

Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, say they are finding it difficult to…

1 year ago

Reps probe $2bn renewable energy grants, investment in Nigeria, invite stakeholders

Following an investigative hearing on the $2 billion renewable energy grants and investments in Nigeria,…

1 year ago

Court grants 76 #EndBadGovernance protesters N760m bail

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail of N10…

1 year ago

This website uses cookies.