Nigerians to obtain passports at their LGAs: Aregbesola
Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, has announced that Nigerians will soon obtain their passports from various local government areas.
Mr Aregbesola disclosed this in a statement on Sunday during the Passports Express Centre’s inauguration at Maitama District.
Mr Aregbesola noted that the facility signified the passport issuance policy’s decentralisation. He added that the federal government would establish more centres in every local government to offer Nigerians specialised services.
The minister stated that the ministry’s move to commence operation at the newly opened facility was for the Nigeria Immigration Service to offer citizens convenient services at the passport offices.
“MPEC is in response to the yearnings of the general public for the Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Immigration Service to devise additional ways that the Passport Issuance process can be less stressful and more efficient,” he said.
Mr Aregbesola added, “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. It is our responsibility to put it in the hands of anyone desirous of it within the shortest possible time, without stress.
“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.”
More from Peoples Gazette
States
JUST IN: 35 inmates stayed back, six return out of 1,844 escaped prisoners: NCoS
Mr Mrabure appealed to Imo residents and other Nigerians to volunteer useful information to facilitate the fleeing inmates’ rearrest.
States
Police kill one in shootout with bandits, recover charms
“One of the bandits was gunned down, while other bandits fled into the forest with possible gunshot wounds,” the statement said.
States
Mother leaves twin babies for dead, three days without food
Ms Fatoba accused the babies’ father of abandoning her during pregnancy and refused to take care of her and the twins.
States
I’m in full control of my wife and Kogi: Yahaya Bello
“This reaction is coming out not in reverence of the amorphous medium…”
Hot news Home top
Embattled Buhari faces another crisis as FCT workers set for indefinite strike
Mr Korede noted that workers had been resilient in demanding the implementation of Executive Order 1 of 2004.
States
Troops ‘recover’ 5 of abducted college students in Kaduna
Peoples Gazette had reported how armed bandits invaded the school premises on March 12 and whisked away many students at gun point.
