According to the Federal Government, preparations are nearly “ready” for the start of the complete contactless passport application process and the courier delivery of the document to applicants.
“Starting March 8, Nigerians will no longer have to come to our offices for their biometric,” the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today. “They can do it from the comfort of their homes and have their passports delivered to them.”
The minister spoke hours after the automated passport application portal was opened to the public, a fulfillment of the promise he made late last year.
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