Review the N1,000 Charges -PEBEC Appeals to NIMC Over Passport Applications
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has called on the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to address concerns over the new charges introduced for the integration of and verification of passport applications.
Secretary to the special adviser to the President, Ease of Doing Business, (PEBEC) Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, stated in a statement that the introduction of a new charge of N1,000 for National Identification Number (NIN) integration and verification for each Nigerian passport applicant, with effect from April 1, 2023, should be reviewed to make government services cheaper and more accessible.
Oduwole noted that even though the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) seeks to improve the quality of passport, services through NIN verification, the introduction of the additional cost for each applicant is not well received.
The statement reads:
“While the devised and agreed framework with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to significantly improve the quality of service, accuracy and speed of passport services through the verification of NIN is a welcome development, in response to the incessant difficulties Nigerians have experienced in recent times in their efforts to verify their NIN during the passport registration process, the additional cost for each applicant has not been well received by stakeholders.
” Further to the provisions of the Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (BFA), which was signed Into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on February 8, 2023, codifying Executive Order 001 on transparency and efficiency of public service delivery, for the “One Government” directive, where an applicant requires service from a ministry, department or agency (MDA), the MDA is mandated to conduct the necessary verification or certification from relevant MDAs, in respect of the applicant,”.
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