Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, says reforms that
are being carried out would enable Nigerians to change the data on their
international passport online.
Speaking at a dinner with members of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu (ABAT) media centre, the minister said subjecting newly-wed women to
travelling to Abuja, the nation’s capital, for a change in their data is
“inhumane and absurd”.
“There is one stupid thing I have seen and it is that a
woman gets married, changes her name, and then she has to come to Abuja from
say Kaura Namoda or Enugu just to come and effect a change of name in her
passport. It is absurd,” he said.
“I can’t just figure it that you want to change just your
name and you have to be in Abuja.
“I have asked the
immigration people, if is it that immigration people in Abuja have more than
one head than those in the states.
“With the new reforms, you don’t need to travel to Abuja to
change your data. Everything will be online.
“From March, once you have ever enrolled for your passport
and you are coming to renew, please don’t come to my office, stay in your house
and do it.
“We have contactless
biometrics and this can be done in five minutes. We don’t need to keep taking
your biometrics every five years. Who does that in the world?”
Earlier today, the minister said the complete automation of
passport applications will commence on January 8.
“We are good to go live. We are starting the training and on
January 8, the solution will be live and direct for Nigerians,” he said.
“We have been able to reduce human contact in passport
acquisition to the minimum.”
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