The Federal Government has unveiled its plans to decentralized the issuance of International Passport within the 774 local government areas in the country.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola disclosed in a statement on Sunday during the newly inaugurated Maitama Passport Express Centre in Abuja.
The Minister said in the statement that the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Express Center was established in partnership with the private sector to make passport issuance more convenient and quick.
The Minister also said that the opening of the center, which signified the Passport Issuance Decentralization Policy of the administration, was the first of many more to be established in every local government area in Nigeria and designed to offer specialized services to Nigerians.
According to the Minister, a Passport can be issued in each of the 774 local government areas in the country to reduce the problem of getting it.
Aregbesola said, “The passport should be available in a maximum of 72 hours of a successful application. Where there are issues, the applicant must be notified within 48 hours.”
Aregbesola further said, “It is the future. The goal is to have a facility like this in every local government in the country. Every Nigerian has the right to a Nigerian passport and it is our responsibility to put it in the hands of anyone desirous of it within the shortest possible time, without stress
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