Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has achieved a historic leap in passport production, now able to deliver between 4,000 and 5,000 passports within five hours.
Gatekeepers News reports that Tunji-Ojo disclosed this on Thursday after inspecting the newly established Centralised Passport Personalisation Centre at the NIS headquarters in Abuja.
“With these strategic infrastructural investments, which did not cost a kobo to the government, the NIS can now personalise over 1,000 passports in one hour,” he said.
The minister explained that prior to the new facility, the Service processed only 250 to 300 passports daily. “But today, under five work hours, the service can now deliver about 4,500 to 5,000 passports,” he added.
He described the development as a “major milestone,” noting that for the first time in the agency’s 62-year history, passport production has been fully centralised. “This centralisation puts an end to the production of our passports at multiple centres across the world,” Tunji-Ojo said.
The inspection was conducted alongside the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, and the Comptroller General of Immigration, Kemi Nanna Nandap.
