Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Tuesday said in just over a week’s time, Nigerians applying for International Passports would have no business with the Immigration Offices except for fingerprint biometrics.
Tunji-Ojo stated this in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today.
He said the automation of Nigeria’s passport application has reached 99 per cent completion, adding that in barely over a week it would become operational.
Speaking further, the minister said when it comes into use Nigerians would be uploading their passport photographs and other supporting documents from the comfort of their homes.
“We gave a date — December 2023. We are 99 per cent done. In fact, we have done the testing and we should be going live in the next week or thereabouts.
“This will ensure that what Nigerians need to do at an immigration centre is just fingerprint biometrics.
“Everything regarding pre-biometrics will be done in the comfort of your homes, including uploading passport photographs and supporting documents.
“They will have gone live about two weeks ago but I saw some errors when they came to do the presentation and I said no. We were talking about balancing national security and convenience,” the former lawmaker said.
