FG publishes names of 8,611 Nigerians with uncollected passports
The Federal Government has released a list of 8,611 Nigerians who have not picked up their issued passports from the Nigeria Immigrations offices across the country.
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Interior, revealed the names on its website with the link shared on its official Twitter handle.
This was also retweeted by the minister, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday morning.
The Nigeria Immigration Service said over 148,000 passports were awaiting collection nationwide since 2020.
The NIS Public Relations Officer, Anthony Akuneme, also noted that the NIS could not reach the owners, some of whom input incorrect contact details at the point of registration.
He revealed that the Comptroller-General, Isa Idris, had deployed a team of senior officers nationwide to reach the owners of the abandoned passports.
However, he said that passports whose owners could not be reached at the end of the exercise would not be destroyed as they remain the property of the Federal Government.