The Federal Government has made arrangements to commence the full contactless passport application and the delivery of same to the applications via courier beginning from March 2024.
This new development which is in line with best practices all over the world is part of the drive by the Federal Government to save the citizens the agony associated with securing or renewing the Nigerian passport.
“Starting March 8, Nigerians will no longer have to come to our offices for their biometric,” the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo asserted said Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Speaking further, he said, “They can do it from the comfort of their homes and have their passports delivered to them”, ValidViewNetwork reports.
Giving an analysis of the time-frame, the minister stated “The whole solution is almost ready. We have phase one, phase two, and phase three. This is phase one that we have delivered. Phase two is the one in the diaspora. The one in the diaspora will be delivered on February 8. Then phase three is the contactless biometric whereby you don’t even need to go again and that’s March 8,” Tunji-Ojo explained. “I guarantee you that in two months’ time, you sit at home, do your biometrics, fill in your delevery address and we send it to you via courier”.
According to him, Nigerians should hold the ministry to its promises, expressing optimism that passport application in the country will become a much more seamless process soon.
“The Ministry of Interior is poised towards delivery of every promise that we made,” he maintained.
“With this now, the only thing you need to do there: you have an appointment, you just go there, take your biometrics. No picture and nobody is looking at your documents,” the minister added.
