FG approves Authority to Board to admit Nigerians travelling from abroad with expired passports
FG approves Authority to Board to admit Nigerians travelling from abroad with expired passports
Segun Oladipupo
The Federal Government on Saturday admitted Nigerians travelling from abroad with expired Nigeria passports
In a circular issued by the Nigerian Immigration Service, from the office of the Assistant Comptroller General of Immigration, stated that the move is to make life easy for nigerians in diaspora returning home.
In the circular which copied all Head of Missions, all Immigration Attaches, all International Airport Comptrollers, all Entry and exit points, asked all airlines coming to Nigeria to allow Nigerians with expired passports to board their flights.
All the copied units and formations were informed to direct affected passengers to passport offices where the passports would be issued with maximum of two weeks.
Full text of the circular, “Please accept the compliments and regards of the Comptroller General of Immigration Service.
“I am directed to refer to the above subject matter and to inform you that, the Federal Government of Nigeria in her efforts to make life easy for Nigerians in diaspora has approved that all Nigerians returning home can be admitted into the country with their expired Nigerian passports.
“I am further directed to inform airlines coming to Nigeria to allow holders of Nigeria expired passport to board without let.
“In furtherance to the foregoing, all Nigeria Embassies and High Commissions are advised to give this directive the highest publicity it deserves.
“Consequent upon the above, all entry/exit points are by the copy of this letter directed to open a help desk for all Nigerians in this category and directed same to passport offices where their passports will be reissued within a maximum of two (2) weeks.
“Once more please accept as always, the compliments and high regards of the Comptroller General of Immigration Service.”
