BREAKING: Nigeria Immigration Suspends Issuance Of New Passports, See Major Reason

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced the suspension of issuance of new passports.

The service also announced suspension of renewal of old ones across the country.

Onyxnews reports that the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS. Deputy Comptroller-General, AB Yarima, confirmed this development in a statement.

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Yarima said all new passports and renewals will be suspended until June 1, 2021.

“The directive is to enable the commission to clear all backlogs of applications sequel to the commencement of new passport regime on 1st June 2021.

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“Consequently upon the foregoing, all PCOs are therefore directed to utilize this period 17th May to 31st May to ensure that all backlogs are produced and handed over to command comptrollers for collection by members of the public,” part of the statement read.

The command advised the public to observe strict compliance to the circular till further notice.