Tunji-Ojo unveils online passport application portal today

Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of the Interior, will open Abuja’s first online passport application portal today (Monday).

He announced this during a demonstration of the online portal with Caroline Adepoju, Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, on Friday.

According to Tunji-Ojo, an online passport application platform has been created for both international and Nigerian applicants.

In December, the minister declared that the Federal Government was striving to implement a fully automated passport application system in the country.

At the time, the minister stated that the automated application system was “99 percent done” and that the procedure would entail submitting passport images and supporting documentation.

Tunji-Ojo disclosed that Nigerian applicants for 32-page passports with a five-year validity would pay N25,000, while those seeking 64-page passports with a 10-year validity would pay N70,000.

Meanwhile, overseas applicants seeking passports with a five-year validity period and 32 pages will pay $130, while those seeking passports with a ten-year validity period and 64 pages will be charged $230. Applicants must submit their applications to https://passport.immigration.gov.ng.

Dignitaries who attended the event included Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission; Stephen Matete, representative of the International Organization for Migration; Joe Abah, Country Manager of Development Alternatives Incorporated; Tijjani Musa, Founder of the Kwandala Foundation; and David Afolayan, Co-Founder of Technext.