Nigerian community in New York, U.S,have crave the indulgence of Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola over the paucity of passport booklets in country’s Consulate and embassy in the U.S.
In a letter written to the minister by the leaders of Nigerian
community in New York, a call was made to address the plights of Nigerians
applying for passports in its missions in the U.S.
It could be recalled that the minister debunked
shortage of passport booklets in Nigeria, saying the country was battling with humanitarian
problems.
The group asked the minister to clear
the challenges at all processing locations and ensure that Passport processing
from application to issuance is concluded within a period of 90 days and expand
the number of available appointments on the central portal to 100 every day.
They also stressed the need for the
provision of more user friendly platform that would ease the process of
passport issuance to Nigerians especially in Nigerian embassy in New York,
emphasizing that there were marvelous improvements in the New York Consulate prior
to the occurrence of passport issues.
In an unanimous interview, a consulate
official in New York said the embassy had received 2,000 booklets last month
started the process of issuance with immediate effect.
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