The Federal Government has restated its commitment to improve passport application process for Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora, as it launches the new enhanced e-Passport.
Minister of Interior Affairs, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made this known in a statement signed by his Media Adviser Sola Fasure in Abuja.
He gave the assurance at the official rollout of the enhanced e-Passport at the Nigerian High Commission in London, UK, noting that it was the responsibility of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to provide passport for its citizens without stress within a reasonable period.
Aregbesola also noted that there had been huge challenges to passport administration, from shortage of booklet to touting and an economy of corruption built around it.
The Minister stressed that the challenges had persisted for too long, adding that a lot of people had become cynical while others had taken them as normal.
He said the new enhanced passport was a huge improvement from the standard passport introduced in 2007 because it had more sophisticated security features, making it one of the most secured passports in the world.
