Immigration clears passport backlog of 204,332

The Nigeria Immigration Service has cleared the passport backlog of 204,332 in five weeks.

The collection of passport had become an inconvenience for many Nigerians who had complained of delay in collection thereby affecting their tourism plans.

Recall that the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in an attempt to remove bottlenecks in the acquisition of passports and other immigration document, the Federal Government has issued a two weeks ultimatum to the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS to clear over 200,000 pending applications for international passport.

“As far as I am concerned, the issue of passport is a national emergency. I keep getting emails daily from Nigerians complaining. We cannot continue like that.

“It has become an embarrassment to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I represent him here as your minister. That embarrassment is mine now. I am not changing my words. I need the backlog cleared in two weeks,” he said.