The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says passport front offices are scheduled to open in some major cities across the United Kingdom, including Manchester, Birmingham, and Cardiff, Wales, in three months.
Speaking on last night’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today, the minister addressed the concerns of Nigerians in the diaspora over difficulties renewing their passports at foreign missions.
According to him, Nigerians living in far-flung cities such as Edinburgh in Scotland, Cardiff in Wales, and Belfast in Northern Ireland, as well as Manchester or Birmingham, have had to travel to London for their new passports.
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The minister added that the challenge of passport renewal is experienced in London and New York, due to the large numbers of Nigerians in the UK and the USA.
Zeroing in on the UK, where several viral cases have been recorded, he argued the only solution was to open passport front offices in key cities by February 2024.
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