The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that the migration of production in passport offices to the Central Personalization Centre is purely operational, and does not in any way stop the processing and issuance of the document at any passport office within the country.
It also does not affect Issuance at designated Nigeria’s Embassies and Consulates abroad.
A statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, DCI Akinsola Akinlabi, said the development forms part of a broader modernisation Programme aimed at strengthening the security, integrity, and efficiency of Nigeria’s passport issuance system.
“The Nigeria Immigration Service wishes to clarify the ongoing implementation of its Passport Centralization Reform following public enquiries and misconceptions arising from the phased migration of production in passport offices across all the six (6) geopolitical zones in the country to the Central Personalization Centre, Service Headquarters, Abuja”, the Service said.
The release explained that the agency adopted a five-phase migration implementation plan for onboarding passport offices within the country and designated Nigeria’s Embassies and Consulates abroad aimed at minimizing operational risk, service disruption and ensuring scalability.
“Under the new operational framework, all passport booklets printing and security personalization have been consolidated into a secure, centralized, and high-capacity production hub in the Service Headquarters Abuja, ensuring passports are produced and dispatched to passport offices across the country and diaspora within a two-week timeframe.
“Passport offices in the country and designated Nigeria’s Embassies and Consulates will continue to function as passport processing and issuance offices.
“The reforms eliminates manual intervention in the personalization process, removes document arbitrage, enhances accountability, guarantees uniform quality standards including advanced security features embedded in every Nigerian passport.
“Applicants should therefore continue to access passport services at their preferred passport offices as usual.
”Nigeria Immigration Service remains committed to deploying technology-driven solutions that improve service delivery while safeguarding the integrity of Nigeria’s passport system in line with international best practices”, it concluded.
