Notice: Ikeja Passport Office Now Opened On Weekends

The International Passport Office in of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Ikeja, Lagos, has begun operations on Saturdays and Sundays to meet rising demand of applicants.

Mrs Rose Bukar, the new Passport Control Officer at Alausa, Ikeja told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday that the extra duty was to speed-up service delivery to applicants.

“We want to ensure that applicants spend lesser time in processing passports.

“We shall also continue to initiate measures that will enhance smooth and fast service to Nigerians,” she said. This weekend, we witnessed an unexpected turn-up of applicants, but we paid special attention to the vulnerable ones.

“In the last seven days, about 800 passports were produced. I am optimistic that with more capturing devices, the queue will gradually diminish,” she said.