Lagos to get more passport offices to cope with demand
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Lagos, which has the highest demand for passport nationally, is to get more passport offices to reduce pressure on officials, according to Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) acting Comptroller General Caroline Adepoju.
She said more passport offices will reduce delay in passport processing and issuance.
NIS Media and Publicity Comptroller Tony Akuneme quoted Adepoju in a statement issued in Abuja as making the promise when she addressed the NIS top management after taking over from former Comptroller General Isah Jere.
Adepoju has directed all passport offices nationwide to ensure no Nigerian is subjected to unnecessary delay or inhuman treatment in the course of applying for passport.
She promised to focus majorly on passport issues and staff welfare as those two aspects contribute mostly to the complaints of Nigerians and NIS personnel.
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Tackling officers’ welfare
“She announced that a stakeholders’ meeting will be convened in the next few days to x-Ray the real issues in passport process and to proffer far reaching solutions, which will include opening more front offices in the Lagos area where the bulk of the complaints emanated from,” the statement added, per Vanguard.
“The Ag. CGIS equally said she will adopt a bottom up approach in tackling officers’ welfare and will start by meeting all cadres of staff to hear their genuine needs in a bid to hit the ground running with a blueprint that will be based on an all-inclusive needs assessment ….
“Adepoju had served in various locations during her career in the NIS, the high point of which was her appointment as Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Finance, a position she occupied before her present appointment.”