The newly-appointed Comptroller General
of Immigration, Mr. Martins Abeshi, says all officers charging extra
money to issue passports will be sacked once exposed.
Abeshi said this during his.....
first visit to Lagos since his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The immigration boss said the President
specifically appointed him in order to address the high rate of
corruption in the Nigeria Immigration Service.
He said, “I don’t want any of us to
engage in corrupt practices. Corrupt practices in passport offices are
not far from extortion, charging more than what government said you
should collect from applicants; collecting unnecessary fees which the
government hasn’t stated.
“That must stop and that is the message I
have for you from President Buhari. All our jobs, including mine, are
on the line if we are found wanting. If we are doing this, let us stop
it.”
The immigration boss said the Federal Government had put some mechanisms in place to expose corrupt officers.
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Pls Oga Immigra sand your team to Minna, Niger state where such act of extra charges of passport issuance are dominated. am a victim for three passport recently issued to me at 25,000 each
ReplyDeleteSo becos i got married, then I dont understand why i should travel all the way from Lagos to Abuja to obtain a Nigeria passport based on change of name? Btw Ikoyi passport office is a hell.
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