112,351 Passports Uncollected Across Nigeria – NIS
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The Acting Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Wura-Ola Adepoju, says 112,351 passport booklets are yet to be collected by applicants across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.
Adepoju, who said this during a press briefing at the Service headquarters on Thursday in Abuja, added that the figure was as at Oct. 5, 2023.
She said the service had cleared all the 204,332 passport application backlogs after the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo’s two-week deadline to the Service.
“91,981 passport booklets had been collected so far. There are 112,351 others not yet collected,” she said.
The NIS boss called on applicants to go to their respective application centres to collect the travel document.
“I invite applicants who have applied for passports to come and pick them up without paying anything extra,” Adepoju said.
The Acting Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Wura-Ola Adepoju, says 112,351 passport booklets are yet to be collected by applicants across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.
Adepoju, who said this during a press briefing at the Service headquarters on Thursday in Abuja, added that the figure was as at Oct. 5, 2023.
She said the service had cleared all the 204,332 passport application backlogs after the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo’s two-week deadline to the Service.
“91,981 passport booklets had been collected so far. There are 112,351 others not yet collected,” she said.
The NIS boss called on applicants to go to their respective application centres to collect the travel document.
“I invite applicants who have applied for passports to come and pick them up without paying anything extra,” Adepoju said.
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