The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has instructed the contractors working with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to ensure that passport application backlogs are cleared \u201cwithin the next two weeks\u201d.<\/p>\n
Tunji-Ojo, in a Thursday post on X, formerly Twitter, stated that the directive was one of several \u201cswift measures\u201d aimed at eliminating barriers which applicants encounter.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs part of swift measures to remove all bottlenecks in the acquisition of passport and immigration documents, I engaged service providers to the immigration service to ensure the backlogs of applications are cleared within the next two weeks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Speed Up Process\u2019
\nLast week, the interior minister charged agency heads to speed up the process of application and collection of Nigerian passports.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigerians should not have to queue endlessly to get passports. No, this must stop,\u201d Tunji-Ojo was quoted as saying in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Interior, Alao Babatunde.<\/p>\n
The minister also noted that President Bola Tinubu had no interest in excuses, saying the agency heads must walk the talk as the country is at a critical point and in dire need of transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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