NIN linkage is delaying passport production

The Performing Comptroller-Common of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Isa Jere Idris, has blamed the delay in passport manufacturing on linkage of Nationwide Identification Quantity (NIN) with the passport particulars.

In an announcement launched on Sunday Might 8, Jere famous that the problem of verifying NIN earlier than the issuance of passport performs a significant position within the passport manufacturing line “and as a rule accounts for the delays.”

He added that the Immigration Service is working with the Nationwide Id Administration Fee to handle the problem, including that passport candidates ought to guarantee correct documentation and plan their travels forward of time to permit for straightforward processes. 

Jere reiterated that the NIS’ is dedicated to the consequence administration mechanism, assuring that any personnel discovered to be undermining the reform efforts could be punished. 

It learn; 

“There are situations the place some candidates method our platform with some conflicting information from their unique data in our system and naturally, such circumstances are sometimes tough to resolve rapidly.

“The mixing of the net appointment system with the present on-line cost system, has restored orderliness to the passport places of work to a big extent, as candidates can now make cost and select the appointment date and time which is handy for them, thereby decreasing the time they’d have spent on the passport places of work as every passport workplace has been allotted with a each day appointment capability which was arrived at, based mostly on evaluation.

“It’s pertinent to notice that between January and April 2022, a complete of 478,650 booklets have been distributed throughout the globe, and I can guarantee you that greater than 10,000 Nigerians have benefited from this initiative and it’s nonetheless ongoing”. 

Jere additionally mentioned the launch of the improved digital passport in some elements of Nigeria and the UK had helped to ease the stress created by the backlogs.