BREAKING: Tinubu Gov’t Increases Fees For Nigerian Passport Starting From September 2024

President Bola Tinubu’s medication has approved the increment of the country’s passport fees to “maintain the prime and integrity of the question document”.

This was announced successful a property connection issued connected Wednesday nighttime by the Nigeria Immigration Service spokesperson, DCI K.T. Udo, stating the caller fees volition instrumentality effect from September 1, 2024.

The 32-page passport booklet with a 5-year validity volition present outgo N50,000, up from N35,000, portion the 64-page booklet with a 10-year validity volition outgo N100,000, antecedently N70,000.

However, passport fees for Nigerians successful the diaspora stay unchanged, according to the statement.

The connection reads: “As portion of its efforts to support the prime and integrity of the Nigerian Standard Passport, the Federal Government has approved an upward reappraisal of the fees for the Passport effectual from 1st September, 2024.

“Based connected the review, 32-page Passport booklet with 5-year validity antecedently charged astatine Thirty-five Thousand Naira (N35,000.00) volition present beryllium Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000.00) only; portion 64-page Passport booklet with 10 twelvemonth validity which was Seventy Thousand Naira (N70,000.00) volition beryllium One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000.00) only.

“However, the fees stay unchanged successful Diaspora.

“While the Nigeria Immigration Service regrets immoderate inconvenience this summation mightiness origin prospective applicants; it assures Nigerians of unwavering committedness to transparency and prime work transportation astatine each times.”

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