Nigerian passport
‘Japa’ syndrome spurs high demand for Nigerian passport – FG
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Rauf Aregbesola, said the increased number of Nigerians emigrating from country is fuelling the high demand for travellers passport.
Aregbesola, in his remarks, said the massive exodus of Nigerians out of the county in search of greener pastures in a phenomenon now popularly referred to as “Japa syndrome,” is fueling high demands for passports.
He stated that in 2022, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) issued the highest number of passport booklets totalling 1,899,683 in over seven years.
Aregbesola also revealed that at least 70 foreign nationals have been deported for various infractions in the last two years.
“In the last two years, the Minister issued a total of 70 deportation orders for the deportation of different nationals from Nigeria due to one infraction or the other,” Aregbesola said.
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Rauf Aregbesola, said the increased number of Nigerians emigrating from country is fuelling the high demand for travelling passport.
Also, at least 159 Nigerians were said to have renounced their citizenship in 2022 alone.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, disclosed these while appearing with the Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, on the ministerial media briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday.
He said this is against the 150 Nigerians that renounced their citizenships between 2006 to 2021.