By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The Acting Comproller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Wura-Ola Adepoju, has said that 112,351 passport booklets are yet to be collected by applicants across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.
Adepoju, who disclosed this via official X handle (formerly known as Twitter) of the Nigeria Immigration Service @nigimmigration, said this during a press briefing at the Service headquarters on Thursday in Abuja, adding that the figure was as at Oct. 5, 2023.
She said the service had cleared all the 204,332 passport application backlogs after the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo’s (@BTOofficial) two-week deadline to the Service.
“91,981 passport booklets had been collected so far. There are 112,351 others not yet collected,” she said.
The NIS boss called on applicants to go to their respective application centres to collect the travel document.
