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Management of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) disclosed that 112,351 out of the 204,332 cleared passport backlog throughout the nation had been but to be collected .
The appearing comptroller-general of the service, Mrs. Caroline Adepoju Wura-Ola, who made the disclosure whereas briefing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, appealed to candidates, who had utilized in any of the passport places of work to test their respective facilities of software for assortment without charge, earlier than it expires.
Mrs Wura-Ola who additional assured that the NIS, below her watch wouldn’t relent in its efforts at offering tremendous providers to Nigerians, revealed that out of the over 204,332 backlog of passport functions cleared on the orders of the minister of Inside, solely 91,981 passports have up to now been collected.
She, nevertheless, reiterated the service’s willpower to take away all bottlenecks in passport software by placing measures comparable to rising the variety of passport manufacturing machines, in addition to the involvement of employees in a number of shifts in passport manufacturing facilities in place.
“I invite candidates who’ve utilized for passports to come back and decide them up with out paying something additional,” she mentioned.
The NIS boss who nevertheless blamed the excessive demand for the journey doc in the previous few years on the ‘Japa syndrome’ in Nigeria, assured candidates that the two-week timeline set by the federal authorities for the processing of passports can be upheld.
Whereas explaining that each the service and its companions have upgraded their amenities to satisfy the demand for the worldwide journey doc by Nigerians, she revealed that efforts by NIS to make the passport software course of absolutely automated had been concluded by each service and its companions.
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In her phrases, one the method is accomplished, candidates would solely go to passport places of work for biometric capturing, as they might have uploaded their images on our portal
Talking on the corruption on the varied passport places of work, she mentioned, “Corruption is opportunistic, it’s made potential the place there may be exploitive holes, I can guarantee you that any employees of Nigeria immigration service that’s caught in any type of malpractice earlier than performing their statutory duties will probably be severely punished, I’ve the directives of the minister of Inside, we’ll make scape goat out of tyrant officers.”
Adepoju warned candidates to shun touts, and urged them to contact the Service through 08067761196 , ought to any personnel demand a bribe from them to get a passport.
“Any personnel caught demanding bribes can be severely punished. The Minister has directed that we make a scapegoat of any corrupt official caught,” she mentioned.
She additionally, nevertheless, praised officers and males of the NIS for working day and evening together with weekends and public holidays to satisfy up along with his directive.
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