Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, says the
automation of Nigeria’s passport application is 99 percent completed.
Speaking on Tuesday in an interview on Channels Television,
Tunji-Ojo said the automated application will become operational in a week’s
time.
The interior minister said after the completion of the
automation process, Nigerians will only go to immigration centres to do
fingerprint biometrics for their passports.
He added that with the new system, Nigerians can upload their passport photographs and other supporting documents from the comfort of their homes.
“We gave a date —
December 2023. We are 99 percent done. In fact, we have done the testing and we
should be going live in the next one week or thereabouts,” he said.
“This will ensure that Nigerians all they need to do at an
immigration centre is just fingerprint biometrics.
“Everything regarding pre-biometrics will be done in the
comfort of your homes, including uploading passport photographs and supporting
documents.
“They will have gone
live about two weeks ago but I saw some errors when they came to do the
presentation and I said no. We were talking about balancing national security
and convenience.”
Speaking further, the minister said e-gate systems would be
installed at international airports in the country by February 2024.
“By February, all our international airports will have
e-gates,” he added.
“Once you are a Nigerian coming to Nigeria, you have no
business seeing an immigration officer except if you are a person of interest.”
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