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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian government has announced that 1.3 million passports were produced in 2021.<\/p>\n

The government also assured that the issue of shortage of booklets had been fixed.<\/p>\n

Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola spoke on Tuesday at the commissioning of the Enhanced Passport Production Centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/p>\n

The centre will produce passports for applicants from Rivers, Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa States.<\/p>\n

Aregbesola noted that sufficient booklets have been sent to all the centres across the country.<\/p>\n

The minister said the NIS had dispatched 11,000 booklets to Ikoyi, 11,000 to Alausa and 8,000 to FESTAC centres in Lagos.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year alone, we provided 1.3 million passports to Nigerians. As of today, there is no booklet shortage in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of the second quarter of this year (June), the NIS has provided 645,000 passports out of the 750,000 applications received,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Aregbesola said there was no excuse again for non-issuance within a reasonable period and urged Nigerians to apply online to avoid being shortchanged.<\/p>\n

The official further advised applicants for the Nigerian passport to apply early enough before their travel date.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have provided a window of six weeks and three weeks for fresh application and renewal respectively, after biometric data capture, by which time the passport will be ready for collection\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

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