{"id":31513,"date":"2021-05-09T10:13:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T09:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=31513"},"modified":"2021-05-09T10:13:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T09:13:20","slug":"aregbesola-nigerians-with-expired-passports-can-come-home-renew-at-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/09\/aregbesola-nigerians-with-expired-passports-can-come-home-renew-at-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Aregbesola: Nigerians with expired passports can come home, renew at airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has stated that Nigerians with expired passports can travel back home &#8220;without fear of harassment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This assurance was given by the minister at a\u00a0webinar organised by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the establishment of front offices have been approved at Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Port Harcourt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/29\/planned-attacks-upgrade-security-at-airports-fg-tells-nscdc\/\">airports<\/a> to help Nigerians \u201cwho arrive the country on expired passports to have their passports renewed immediately\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is in this regard that the NIS recently granted a waiver for Nigerians with expired passports desirous of coming to Nigeria to do so without fear of harassment by airlines,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Aregbesola also said he has given a May 31 deadline to clear all backlogs of passport applications.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the delay in passport issuance experienced by Nigerians is one of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>He said the federal government has reached an \u201cadvanced stage\u201d of domesticating the production of passport booklets to avert a future recurrence.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe Nigerian Immigration Service in recent time has been facing challenges in passport issuing, particularly because of a shortage of booklet, both locally and abroad. The ministry and NIS have been frantically working to resolve this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave a May 31st deadline to clear all backlogs of passport application. To ensure a permanent solution to the recurrent scarcity of booklet, the federal government is at an advanced stage of domesticating the production of passport booklets here in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, with what we are commencing on June 1st, I am confident that we shall no longer experience any shortage of booklets and the issuance and renewal of passports will be seamless starting from the 1st of June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo ensure efficient and effective service delivery to Nigerians, we have recently reviewed the passport issuing process with a view to streamlining the process for better performance while also eliminating the activities of touts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll passport applications and issuance are to be made online. Effective June 1, all passport application and issuance will take a period of six weeks to enable the NIS to carry out due diligence on all applicants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister added that the NIS recently approved the revalidation of all payments for passports made by Nigerians sequel to the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to enable the service conclude action on all pending passport applications,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has stated that Nigerians with expired passports can travel back home &#8220;without fear of harassment&#8221;. This assurance was given by the minister at a\u00a0webinar organised by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Saturday. 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