Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola instructs Nigerians seeking passports not to use intermediaries or touts but to register independently online.
This came as he revealed that the NIS aimed to make the three-day waiting period for passport data capture as short as possible.
According to a press release from the minister’s media assistant, Sola Fasure, the minister spoke during the opening of the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Front Desk Office on Saturday in Auchi, Edo State.
Then he recommended candidates apply directly through the Nigeria Immigration Service website using any internet-capable device rather than through intermediaries. He said;
“I will, therefore, plead with applicants not to go through them and other touts hanging around passport offices, soliciting from applicants. The application can be done in your bedroom on your Android phone through the Nigeria Immigration Service portal. You do not need a third party. Those who patronise them are the ones encouraging their nefarious activities and frustrating our efforts at transparency and providing seamless service”.
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