FG Reiterates Commitment To Ease Passport Availability For Nigerians
The Federal Government on Tuesday restated her commitment to ameliorate the challenges encountered by Nigerians in applying for and obtaining the Nigerian Passport, through improved service delivery and streamlining of its operations.
Besides, the government is also working assiduously to adequately address the growing number of Nigerians who need the passport for other purposes.
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who stated this at the commissioning of the Passport Front Office and Production Centre, of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Ilesa, Osun State noted that the surge in the number of applications necessitates the establishment of more passport front offices across the country born out of the determination of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to further make the process seamless
The Minister who disclosed that backlogs of application for passport have been cleared added that fresh application will take six weeks after biometric data capture, while renewal requires just three weeks.
Speaking at the event, the Governor of Osun, Senator Ademola Adeleke commended the Minister, Ogbeni Aregbesola for being a worthy ambassador of the state, reassuring him of the state’s support in all ramifications.
Governor Adeleke who affirmed his resolve as a progressive, promised to complete all projects of the former Governor abandoned by the immediate past adminstration.
He noted that while Aregbesola was governor in Osun, he loved the people and the people loved him adding that all the projects Aregbesola left was abandoned for years will be completed during his tenure. promised the people during my campaign that I was going to continue the projects, that is what I am doing.
Earlier in his address, the Controller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere Idris, commended the leadership of the Ministry of Interior, for providing transformational leadership for the service.
Idris said in the last few years, efforts have been concerted to make sure that Nigerians are able to easily access the Passport and other services, in guaranteeing internal security, in the most convenient way.