Immigration To Hike Price For International Passport - Travel
ABUJA— The cost of acquiring a Nigerian international passport is set to rise in the next
couple of days, as the Nigeria Immigration
Service, NIS, yesterday, said it had commenced
the process to review its charges. According to the service, it is no longer
possible to produce the passports at the
current rates. Comptroller-General of the NIS, Mr. Muhammad
Babandede, disclosed this at the flagging off
ceremony for the capacity building
programme on Information Communication
Technology, ICT, for Immigration officers,
organized in conjunction with Huawei Technologies Company, in Abuja. The ICT training programme, according to
Managing Director, Abuja Office of Huawei
Technologies, Mr. Tank Liteng, is part of its
Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, and had
been carefully designed for 500 staff of the NIS
for a period of five days in batches of 50 officers per training time at nine different
locations across the country.
Liteng expressed optimism that the
programme would empower officers of the
NIS with appropriate ICT skills, awareness and
soft skills that give competitive advantage
globally to catch up with the world trends,
change Nigeria into the ICT talents centre of the region and the world. Commenting on the plans to hike the charges
for the issuance of the Nigerian passport,
Babandede, who did not disclose the take-off
date for the new charges, stated that the NIS
had written to the Presidency on this issue,
and as soon as it receives approval, it would proceed with the review, which would also
enable it to deliver better services. He further warned that if the prices were not
reviewed, its revenue to the country would be
negatively affected. He said: “It is not easy for us to pay for
booklets because of the cost. You will agree
with me that air tickets have doubled in this
country. You are aware that a lot of things
have changed, but the passport fees have not
changed. www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/poly-teachers-threaten-industrial-action-over-bsc-hnd-dichotomy/
couple of days, as the Nigeria Immigration
Service, NIS, yesterday, said it had commenced
the process to review its charges. According to the service, it is no longer
possible to produce the passports at the
current rates. Comptroller-General of the NIS, Mr. Muhammad
Babandede, disclosed this at the flagging off
ceremony for the capacity building
programme on Information Communication
Technology, ICT, for Immigration officers,
organized in conjunction with Huawei Technologies Company, in Abuja. The ICT training programme, according to
Managing Director, Abuja Office of Huawei
Technologies, Mr. Tank Liteng, is part of its
Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, and had
been carefully designed for 500 staff of the NIS
for a period of five days in batches of 50 officers per training time at nine different
locations across the country.
Liteng expressed optimism that the
programme would empower officers of the
NIS with appropriate ICT skills, awareness and
soft skills that give competitive advantage
globally to catch up with the world trends,
change Nigeria into the ICT talents centre of the region and the world. Commenting on the plans to hike the charges
for the issuance of the Nigerian passport,
Babandede, who did not disclose the take-off
date for the new charges, stated that the NIS
had written to the Presidency on this issue,
and as soon as it receives approval, it would proceed with the review, which would also
enable it to deliver better services. He further warned that if the prices were not
reviewed, its revenue to the country would be
negatively affected. He said: “It is not easy for us to pay for
booklets because of the cost. You will agree
with me that air tickets have doubled in this
country. You are aware that a lot of things
have changed, but the passport fees have not
changed. www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/poly-teachers-threaten-industrial-action-over-bsc-hnd-dichotomy/
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