The ministry of foreign affairs says Nigerian missions will
soon commence delivering passports to its nationals through courier.
The ministry said this is to eliminate the stress Nigerians
go through to visit the missions to keep interview appointments.
Some Nigerians had raised issues on improved services on
visa, passport issuance, delivery and the need to get emergency travel
certificates.
Gabriel Aduda, the ministry’s permanent secretary, told NAN
that the ministry was already discussing with some courier companies to pilot
the scheme.
“We have started with
a new innovation and we are trying to keep Nigerians from traveling to missions
for passport renewal,” he said.
“We are already talking with some courier companies that
will pick passports to the applicants’ doorsteps when they have made all the
necessary payments and fill the forms online.
“We don’t want them to come to the missions anymore; it will
be delivered to them and we have four consulates to pilot the innovation.”
Reacting to the backlog of passports, Aduda said COVID-19
pandemic came with a dry spell in the production of passports, adding that it
created a problem in all the missions across the world.
In another development, the Nigerian consulate in New York
says it is making arrangement to enrol Nigerians within its jurisdiction for
the national identification number (NIN).
Lot Egopija, consul-general, said this at a hybrid town hall
meeting in New York for Nigerian nationals within the jurisdiction.
Egopija said the consulate had received a directive from the
federal ministry of foreign affairs to enrol its nationals.
He said the consulate will soon conclude arrangements with
the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
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