Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has said that all Nigerians are expected to have international passport as a means of identification, both within and outside the country.
The Comptroller of Immigration, Kwara Command, Aminu Shamsuddin, stated this at a news briefing in Ilorin of Wednesday.
Mr Shamsuddin said that the Controller-General of NIS, Caroline Adepoju, had done a lot in ensuring that all Nigerians had international passport.
One of such efforts, he said, was the approval of a Passport Front Office in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara to enhance more access to the service.
The comptroller said that the establishment of the front line office was to encourage more people to apply for passport and reduce crowd in Ilorin office.
According to him, passport is a means of identification and can easily be used to know everything about the individual holder.
“Through a registered phone number, a person’s identity and information can easily be revealed, both within Nigeria and overseas, once such a person obtains an international passport.
“Passport is the first thing that will be demanded in any country around the world, to know a person’s information and crime record,” he said.
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