The Nigerian consulate in New York says it has started
installing machines to produce passports with 10-year validity for Nigerians.
According to NAN, Lot Egopija, consul-general, spoke on
Monday during a virtual town hall meeting with the Nigerian community in New
York.
Egopija said the consulate will soon start the issuance of
the passports, adding that Nigerians will be informed when the process
commences.
“In the last meeting, we informed you that the enhanced
10-year passport process would soon come to New York,” he was quoted as saying.
“The vice-consul in
charge of immigration will inform you better when this will take off, but a
team is already on the mission today.
“To this end, we have expanded the second floor and it will
be the hub of our activities. We are bringing all the biometrics machines to
the same floor.
“We have published NIN centres and those responsible should
also inform the consulate so that we can pass the information to our
nationals.”
On her part, Mosunmola Onilede, the vice-consul in charge of
immigration, said the consulate’s technical partner has started installing the
machines for the production of the passports.
“The process is on and the machines are in New York. The
technical partners are working on the installation and once that is completed, it
will be test-run,’’ she said.
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