By Yahaya Isah
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has confirmed the clearance of about 60,000 passport backlog in four days out of over 200,000 pending passport applications.
This is consequent upon the directives given to the immigration service by the minister to ensure clearance of all pending passport applications within two weeks.
Tunji-Ojo made this known when the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, paid him a courtesy visit on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to a statement by the minister’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Alao Babatunde, Tunji-Ojo said he would clean up the passport crisis in the country.
“When we came on board, the passport crisis was an embarrassment to the country and we said there is no way it can continue.
“As at this morning, I can tell you that about 60,000 passport backlogs have been cleared specifically, 59,906.
“On Sept. 6, when I gave the 2-week ultimatum, we had over 200,000…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
