Passport issuance resumes May 31 – Interior Minister

After months of delays in passport issuance, the Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola, announced on Saturday that the Nigeria Immigration Service was working to ensure that all pending passport applications were processed by May 31.

He also stated that beginning June 1, passports will be issued within six weeks, citing the Covid-19 pandemic as a factor in the countrys passport issuance.

Aregbesola stated this during a virtual inaugural quarterly lecture series of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, tagged: Mobilising Nigerians in the Diaspora for National Development.

The minister did claim, however, that the Federal Government had launched an electronic temporary passport to relieve Nigerians of the burden.

Also speaking at the event, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, assured Nigerians abroad that Diaspora voting may be realised soon, saying Nigerians abroad were part of the county and as such should be allowed to exercise their franchise.

The minister disclosed that the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), and the National Assembly were currently working to make this materialise.

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