The Nigerian embassy in Germany, on Wednesday, visited
Cologne, a city in Germany, to conduct a passport intervention exercise.
The Nigerian embassy is situated in Berlin, the capital of
the country.
According to Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria’s ambassador to Germany,
the decision to issue passports in Cologne was an intervention to save
applicants the trouble of travelling to Berlin and Frankfurt to renew their
passports.
The ambassador said the embassy also hopes to visit other
cities to conduct a similar exercise.
“Today the Embassy of Nigeria Germany was in Cologne issuing
passports to Nigerians,” Tuggar said in a Twitter post.
“It’s an intervention, first of its kind, to save applicants
the trouble of travelling to Berlin and Frankfurt to renew their passports. We
hope to visit other cities and plead for your cooperation.”
Today the Embassy of Nigeria Germany was in Cologne issuing passports to Nigerians. It’s an intervention, first of its kind, to save applicants the trouble of travelling to Berlin and Frankfurt to renew their passports. We hope to visit other cities and plead for your cooperation pic.twitter.com/JJKPzLOAKs
— Amb. Yusuf Tuggar (@YusufTuggar) February 16, 2022
Last year, Nigerians had complained of inability to get
passports from the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) due to a scarcity of
passport booklets in issuing centres within and outside the country.
As a result of the scarcity,
the house of representatives gave the NIS 72 hours to clear the backlog
of applications for passport booklets.
Subsequently, the NIS suspended the request for passports
until June 2021 in order to clear the backlogs.
However, in January 2022, the NIS said the delay in passport
processing will be over by March.
Isa Idris, acting comptroller-general of NIS, also said the
enhanced e-passport service is part of the efforts put in place to address the
situation.
Meanwhile, in February 2022, the Nigerian embassy in Germany
had announced a disabling of the passport appointment system and asked
applicants to schedule appointments via email.
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