Immigration to issue adult passports with 10-year validity

The comptroller-general of NIS, Mohammed Babandede 

The Nigeria Immigration Service said it will soon start giving adult passports with 10-year validity.The comptroller-general of NIS, Mohammed Babandede has confirmed issuance of the new passports - Babandede said the project would reduce the burden on Nigerians to acquire passports every five years.

Channels TV reports that comptroller-general of NIS, Mohammed Babandede, disclosed this to reporters at the passport office in Ikoyi area of Lagos state. He said that was part of reforms by the Service towards improving the process of issuing passports to Nigerians.

Babandede was confident that the issuance of the new passport, which would commence before the end of the year, would reduce the burden on Nigerians to acquire passports every five years.