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FG To Produce 24,000 Passports Daily – Minister
The production would commence immediately after the 200,000 backlogs of passports are cleared.
Federal Government is planning to produce at least 24,000 passports daily to completely eradicate the delays citizens experience in obtaining their passports.
VerseNews reports that the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed this in Abuja on Friday when a delegation from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes visited his office.
The production would commence immediately after the 200,000 backlogs of passports are cleared.
A statement by the Ministry’s Director of Press, Ajibola Afonja, quoted the Minister as saying that about 97,000 out of the 200,000 backlogs of passports had been cleared.
The statement partly read, “The Minister averred that the President is interested in the country’s development, therefore, there would be no room for duplication of responsibility by the agency and the ministry.
“He further cited an example of the ongoing reforms in the NIS for passport issuance; he confirmed that “as of this morning (Friday), about 97,000 passports have been cleared, and he assured Nigerians that 24,000 passports would be produced in a day when the backlogs are cleared”.
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