The Nigeria Immigration Service
(NIS) has begun registration for the issuance of the new 10-year electronic
passports to Nigerians.
Sunday James, NIS public relations
officer, disclosed this on Monday, when he took journalists around the data
capture centre in the federal capital territory (FCT).
The new passport is expected to
integrate details of enrollees as captured by the National Identity Management
Commission (NIMC).
James said about 720 applicants
will be captured in a day.
In a statement, Muhammad
Babandede, NIS comptroller-general, said that the new passport will only be
issued by the service headquarters in Abuja.
He added that the service will continue
to issue the old booklets in all passport offices at the state commands.
It will be recalled that the new
e-passport was officially launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 16.
The public relations officer had
previously said that the cost of 32-page five-year standard passport stood at
N25,000, 64-page five-year standard passport at N 35,000, while 64-paged
10-year standard passport stood at N70,000.
Listing the advantages of the new
passport, James said people can track their applications and there would be
express centres for urgent application.
Other advantages he said included
weather friendliness, compliance with the latest ICAO standard, polycarbonate
technology that reduced incidences of damage.
“We urge Nigerians to take
advantage of the reforms, avoid patronising third party or touts and utilise
the online platforms provided by the service for their passport application,”
he said.
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This is long overdue. Get it done already!
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