Go through seamless way to obtain passport – Aregbesola

Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has called on Nigerians seeking to obtain International passport not to seek the services of middlemen or touts but to register online by themselves.

The Minister made this known at the unveiling of the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Front Desk Office in Auchi, Edo State, on Saturday, according to a statement signed by the minister’s media aide, Sola Fasure.

Aregbesola noted the NIS is working to reduce the waiting time for passport data capturing to three days.

He then advised applicants not to go through third parties but apply on any internet-enabled device through the Nigeria Immigration Service portal.

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.”