Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, on Tuesday said few corrupt officials are undermining efforts of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at sanitising and bringing integrity to passport applications.
Aregbesola, who spoke while inaugurating the NIS passports front office in Oyo, denied that the NIS experienced shortage of passport booklets.
We did not have a shortage of booklets at any given time; we have enough booklets to meet the need of the people.
“There are more than enough booklets in our production schedule,” NAN quoted Aregbesola as saying.
The Minister urged Nigerians to stop patronising the touts and report any NIS officials manipulating applicants for money.
He added that the challenges facing the immigration service were gradually being tackled.
