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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has said that the automation of passport applications is 99 per cent done.<\/p>\n

According to him, the new method of applying for a passport will go live next week.<\/p>\n

This, according to the minister, would mean that applicants would only go to immigration passport offices for their biometrics and nothing more.<\/p>\n

Appearing on Channels Television on Tuesday evening, Tunji-Olo said: \u201cWe gave a date. We said December. That was what we said. I can tell you, we\u2019re 99 per cent done. In fact, we\u2019ve done the testing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be going live next week or so. As I said, that would ensure that all Nigerians have to do at passport centres is just biometrics. Just take your fingerprint, that\u2019s all.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery other thing will be done in the comfort of your home, including uploading your passports. It would have come live about two weeks ago but I saw some errors when they came to do the presentation and I said no.\u201d<\/p>\n

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