{"id":353434,"date":"2025-01-23T18:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=353434"},"modified":"2025-01-23T18:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:33:17","slug":"fg-approves-new-passport-printers-for-us-consulates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/23\/fg-approves-new-passport-printers-for-us-consulates\/","title":{"rendered":"FG approves new passport printers for US Consulates"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Begins automation of the passport application process and the introduction of the contactless application process<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to immediately deploy new printers to the passport offices in the Nigerian Consulate in Atlanta and New York, United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>This is coming a few days after a petition by a group of Nigerians in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/09\/18\/nigerians-in-diaspora-remit-20-billion-annually-representing-6-1-of-gdp-nidcom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diaspora<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners had appealed to the minister to act after detailing challenges being faced by Nigerians in dire need of consular services in the two cities.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Tunji-Ojo in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Alao Babatunde, acknowledged receipt of the petition while announcing his directive to the NIS.<\/p>\n<p>The minister subsequently directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to swiftly deploy new printers to the passport offices in both US cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese printers are prepared for installation, and the aim of this short-term solution is to promptly address the current challenge,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The statement further read: \u201cThe Minister hinted that there is a new solution being implemented as a long-term plan that will usher in a streamlined passport regime, enabling Nigerians to apply for their passports with more ease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of this plan includes the activation of the Passport Personalisation Centre ( PPC) in Abuja, which is scheduled to start in the next few weeks while also opening up more countries for the already-deployed contactless solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry of Interior under the Minister is working round the clock, and none of the agencies is left behind. At the Nigeria Immigration Service, for instance, there has been an end-to-end automation of the passport application process and the introduction of the contactless application process, which has since been launched in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister assures that the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains committed to ensuring that Nigerians experience #RenewedHope laced with innovation and convenience while still enhancing national security.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Begins automation of the passport application process and the introduction of the contactless application process The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to immediately deploy new printers to the passport offices in the Nigerian Consulate in Atlanta and New York, United States of America. 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