The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad
Babandede, has given all Passport Control Officers (PCOs) nationwide 48 hours
to
clear all backlog of passport applications.
He gave the directive on Monday in Abuja at a meeting with
senior management staff of the NIS.
He also directed all Passport Issuing Desks in Nigeria’s
Foreign Missions to do the same.
He warned that failure to comply with the directive would be
interpreted to mean the officer is incompetent and will therefore be removed.
Babandede said that the time line for processing of passports
remained 72hours and therefore, expected every Passport office to conform to
the policy forthwith.
The Immigration boss reminded applicants to always get their
breeder documents such as birth certificate, age declaration, certified
guarantor’s forms from the right sources to avoid delay in the processing of
their passports.
He also inaugurated a committee that will configure the NIS
Passport platform.
He said the move was to enable State Passport Offices
re-issue passports to applicants who want to change their data on account of
marriage or due to loss of previous ones.
"With this development, such category of applicants will
need not to travel to Abuja to effect any change in their travel documents but
go to the state offices they reside in to do it," he said.
He said that the committee has been given two months to
complete the configuration.
Credit: NAN
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