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Immigration Service resumes passport issuance

The Nigerian Immigration Service will begin to accept applications for passports from June 1, 2021, the Comptroller General of the service, Mohammed Babandede, has disclosed.

The Comptroller General stated this while briefing the Journalist in Abua, explaining that reopening acceptance of applications followed the decision to clear all backlog this month.

He said from the first of next month, every application will take six weeks for the booklets to be collected.

He called on all Nigerians who have applied for the booklets to check for text messages alerting them for collection.

Mohammed Babandede further said the service has been repositioned to deliver on her mandate.

The Nigeria Immigration Service had closed all passport issuance offices on the 17th of this month to enable it clear all backlog of over sixty thousand booklets as directed by the Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

Felix Oloyede

Felix Oloyede is a Mass Communication graduate with 19 years experience in journalism. He has worked with TheWeek Magazine; Mirror Newspapers; West Africa BusinessNews and BusinessHallmark Newspaper. Oloyede has covered different news beats ranging from crime; arts; politics; commerce and industries to finance and economy. He is an alumnus of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa. He has also attended different trainings on Media Communication at the Lagos Business School. He is an alumnus of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa. He has also attended different trainings on Media Communication at the Lagos Business School.

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