The minister of interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said 204,322 international passports are now ready for collection out of the backlog of over 300,000 he met on assumption of office.

The minister also stated that no Nigerian would have to wait more than two weeks for an international passport.

On September 7th, the minister gave the NIS a two-week deadline to remove all passport application backlogs.

He also urged Nigerians to pick up their uncollected passports.

The minister stated that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and its partners would enhance their systems to improve their services, adding that applicants would not be required to go to passport offices to be captured from December 2023.

Tunji-Ojo also revealed that the ministry was working with the immigration service and their vendors to ensure that international passports are delivered directly to the preferred address of Nigerians from next year.