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We don’t have discriminatory passport charges – NIS

Eze Chidozie by Eze Chidozie
September 2, 2022
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed as fake, reports of alleged discriminatory charges for Passport, saying charges for the document are the same across the country.

The reaction is contained in the Service’s verified Twitter handle, on Thursday.

Some online media reports had claimed that there was huge disparity in the cost of passports between states, citing examples of Ekiti and Kaduna, where the charge was N25,000 and N10,750, respectively, for the 32-page 5-year Standard Passport.

The Service, however, clarified that Kaduna was still on electronic mode and yet to be linked to the enhanced ePassport Centre, hence the disparity in the charges.

It therefore dismissed the report as not only laughable but also very pedestrian.

“The attention of the Comptroller General, NIS, Mr. Isah Jere, has been drawn to some stories about discriminatory passport charges for passport applicants in the North and South of the country.

“The Passports we issue are for Nigerians irrespective of where they live including those in the diaspora.

“What we do have are two Passport regimes that are running concurrently.

“They are the electronic passport and enhanced electronic passport. The latter is an improvement of the former.

“It is a product of the latest technology in passport issuance. It has improved security features, a poly carbonate data page and comes in three categories of 32-page five-year validity for N25,000, 64-page five- year for N35,000 and 64-page 10-year validity for N70,000.

“It was unveiled sometime in 2019 and in seven Passport Centres including Ikoyi, Abuja, Alausa, FESTAC, Portharcourt, Kano and Gwagwalada that were immediately migrated to the enhanced Passport regime then,” it said.

The NIS further explained that the electronic Passport was the usual one the country has been issuing since the introduction of e-Passport in 2007.

“The fee chargeable range from N8,750 to N17,800 depending on age of the applicant and category of Passport.

“At the moment, the Service is steadily migrating all its Passport Centres to the enhanced ePassport regime.

“To this effect, all the centres in South-South, South-West and South-East including our desks in the UK and USA have been fully migrated to the enhanced regime.

“In the work plan, centres in the North-West, North-East, Canada and others are getting ready for migration to the enhanced Passport regime very soon,” the statement added.

The Service advised those peddling such empty narrative to get educated by the clarification.

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