The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said all existing passport application backlogs across all issuing centres would have been cleared by May 2021.
This was announced at an NIS interactive media briefing on the current challenges in passport administration and issuance held at the Service Headquarters in Abuja.
Clearing of all existing Passport application backlogs across all Issuing Centres to be concluded before May 2021. pic.twitter.com/v35B6d1elp
— Nigeria Immigration Service (@nigimmigration) April 22, 2021
Meanwhile, the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola also announced plans to deploy undercover agents to check touting, extortion and other sharp practices at passport offices nationwide and abroad.
“I am declaring a zero-tolerance stance to all forms of touting. No applicant will be made to pay any illegitimate fees. We are going to embed security operatives, seen and unseen, in all our passport offices. They will wear body cameras.
“They will detect and report any form of solicitations, inflation, improper communications, extortion, diversion, hoarding and other corrupt practices”, the Minister said.