Aregbesola Demands EFCC Go After Passport Racketeers

Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to swing into action to identify passports processing racketeers within and outside the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Information Guide Nigeria

Aregbesola made the calll at the Roll Out of the Enhanced Electronic Passport and the commissioning of the Passport Production Centre in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. PM NEWS reports.

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“We have introduced far reaching reforms which some unscrupulous elements continue to frustrate and subvert with corrupt acts, these unscrupulous entities are both within our service and outside the service. jamb results

“The menace of touting, inflation of price, delay in processing application, and withholding of passport, are some of the challenges and we appeal to Nigerians to help eliminate these malpractices, there must be zero tolerance for these practices if we want to build a great nation, he added.

The minister again said there was no passport booklet scarcity.

“The NIS has been provided with sufficient booklets to all passport offices nationwide.

“There are 13,000 booklets in Lagos, while the Port Harcourt office has 10,000. I urge those intending to obtain their passports to apply early to avoid delays.

“There is wait and get passport service worldwide. For fresh applicants, they are to wait six weeks and three weeks for renewals,” he said.

He ranked Nigeria high in the processing of passports.