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<p dir="ltr">The Acting Comproller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Wura-Ola Adepoju, says 112,351 passport booklets are yet to be collected by applicants across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.</p><div class="MGj4Beib" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p dir="ltr">Adepoju, who said this during a press briefing at the Service headquarters on Thursday in Abuja, added that the figure was as at Oct. 5, 2023.</p><div class="abTGsW24" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p dir="ltr">She said the service had cleared all the 204,332 passport application backlogs after the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo’s two-week deadline to the Service.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“91,981 passport booklets had been collected so far. There are 112,351 others not yet collected,” she said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The NIS boss called on applicants to go to their respective application centres to collect the travel document.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“I invite applicants who have applied for passports to come and pick them up without paying anything extra,” Adepoju said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The Ag. CG observed that there was high demand for the travel document in the last few years as a result of the ‘Japa syndrome’ in Nigeria.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">She assured that the two-week timeline set by the Minister for the processing of passports would be adhered to.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“The Service and its partners had upgraded their facilities to meet the demand for the document by Nigerians.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“NIS is working with its partners to make the passport application process fully automated and when the process is completed, an applicant would only visit a passport office for biometric capturing, ” she said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Adepoju warned applicants to shun touts, urging them to contact the Service via 08067761196 if any personnel demand for bribe from them to get a passport.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“Any personnel caught demanding bribe would be severely punished; the minister has directed that we make scapegoat of any corrupt official caught,” she said. (NAN)</p>
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