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The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said automation of port applications is 99% complete and expected to go live next week.

Tunji-Ojo disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday.

He said, “Automation of port applications is 99 percent done. We’ve done the testing, and we should be going live in the next week or thereabouts.

“That will ensure that all Nigheria need to do in an immigration center—a port center—is just biometrics, just to take your fingerprints. All other things are going to be in the comfort of your home, including ing your port picture and your ing documents, just like your visa,” he added.

Recall that the minister had vowed that reforms were underway to simplify the port application process, with the possibility of Nigerians being able to begin submitting online applications as early as December.

Tunji-Ojo had said one of the reforms the ministry was implementing in port management is to put an end to the “chaotic” port application process.

His words: “For me personally, I have said this to service providers; I said it today, I said it yesterday, and I have always told them, ‘You need to make life easy for people. We cannot, as a government and as a service, make things more difficult than they ought to be,’” he said.

“Part of the reforms that we are putting in place now, starting from December, is that even when you want to enrol for your port, you fill your forms online, you do your payments online, and everything.”

The minister assured that the ministry would employ all avenues to reduce Nigerians’ frustration in the application process.

According to him, only a biometric capture needs to be done in person, explaining that all necessary details can be submitted via a Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) portal.

“You do not need to go to the port office to have your picture captured. People apply for American visas, people apply for UK visas, and people apply all over the world. Your port with the required specifications as directed by the NIS will be ed on the platform.

“You your port online, you your ing documents online, so when you go to the immigration office, you spend just like five minutes just to have your biometric captured; that’s all,” he said.

Tunji-Ojo stressed that the days of drawn-out enrollment procedures are long gone and unacceptable, adding that it is Nigerians’ right to experience a smooth procedure.

“The era of people sacrificing a whole day just because they want to go to a port office for enrollment is over; it is unacceptable. You cannot inconvenience people based on their rights; it is the right of the people to have a seamless experience,” he said.

Earlier, the Minister announced that 204,322 international ports are now ready for collection out of the backlog of over 300,000 he met upon assumption of office.

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Great. Think the minister of interior is the best performing minister so far.

This guy seems to be the only competent fellow. Kudos to him. Getting your port has always been a hassle. I'm glad he's doing well.

These guy is not joking at all. He's still the best minister so far in Tinubu government.

Igbos will disagree just watch out.

Bobloco:

“You your port online, you your ing documents online, so when you go to the immigration office, you spend just like five minutes just to have your biometric captured; that’s all,” he said.

This sounds interesting and I'm loving this guy already.

Any guarantee that the immigration officers will not frustrate those that come for the 5min biometrics?

Seeing is believing. That is how they told us that Dangote refinery will commence work by June 2023, and till now, nothing!

The best minister so far

What about the automation of bribes to be given to the officials for quick processing?

Kudos to Tunji-Ojo. He is up and doing. I got my port ready within a month. Application, capturing, production all done in 25 days.

A step in a right DIRECTION! There's room for improvements.

My minister

Na wah o. I applied for port since September and they gave me January 2024 date of collection

Ooooshey!
Smooth working minister. You are the best among them so far. More pûssy for you to fûck this weekend.
Abi you no dey fûck too?
Pikin wey work well must chop well.

Bobloco:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/11/automation-of-port-application-99-done-to-go-live-next-week-minister/amp/

for media, wetin my sister's eye saw in canada bfr we see renewal.... make i no talk online.. call me to hear the dirty Gist

Lie. The corrupt persons within your organization won't allow that to happen

immigration officers will make it hard for desperate people

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yusufu16:
The best minister so far

There may be others who are working tirelessly behind the scenes without making much noise about it

While this is commendable, it doesn’t seem to tackle the delays or associated bribery in port issuance.

INEC, FRSC, all have self/online biodata feature, yet; delay still persist in the issuance of their respective documents.

For me; I think the process should be completely online/self accessible where application involves:
1. Submission of an active phone number linked to a corresponding NIN.
2. Submission of NIN
3. Submission of BVN
4. Driving License Number/Voter’s Card VIN/Other National port Number/
5. Optional: Other ing documents e.g Birth Cert, affidavits etc.

✅An application should then be termed successful if and only if the information contained in a minimum of 3 of the above submission are consistent after secured comparison, else, the applicant should present to the office for biometrics.

✅All under -18 will present to immigration office the office for applications

✅ To collect the port at the office; there should be biometric verification if your documents are 3/5 consistent
✅Your port can be delivered via Nigerian based courier services of your choice from a list of adopted ones if your document consistency is 5/5 or 4/4 without ever going to the office.

Good

If this man is able to pull this through, he would have cemented his place as the best performing Minister so far.

There would be some people working to frustrate this move.

nice 1

Kudos to the Honourable Minister!

🤭

Reality2023:
Na wah o. I applied for port since September and they gave me January 2024 date of collection

In which state?

FuckingMachine:
Any guarantee that the immigration officers not frustrate those that come for the 5min biometrics?

No guarantee.
No difference between this new method and the old. Immigration officers will find their way to frustrate the efforts and make life harder for citizens.

If I get money for japa na Malaysia I go ball in

from your Ghanian country?

Reality2023:
Na wah o. I applied for port since September and they gave me January 2024 date of collection