Technical glitch hits NIS on-line passport service
Tosin Oyediran
Nigeria Immigration Service on Friday confirmed technical points with its on-line cost platform for passport purposes.
The company apologised for the downtime and warranted the general public that it’s working to revive seamless service as quickly as attainable.
In a public discover posted on its X account, NIS stated it regretted any inconvenience brought on and requested endurance because it resolved the difficulty.
It was titled, “Technical Hitches with Online Payment Platform.”
“We apologise for the downtime being skilled with on-line purposes on our Passport Service home windows.
“The Service is assuring the general public that inside the shortest attainable time, seamless service can be restored.
“All inconveniences this may have caused is highly regretted. Please bear with us.”
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Recall that the Federal Government simply authorised a hike within the charges for the Nigerian passport, efficient from September 1, 2024.
This was disclosed in a press release issued on Wednesday by the spokesman for the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kenneth Udo, on the X deal with of the NIS.
“Based on the review, a 32-page passport booklet with five-year validity previously charged at N35,000 will now be N50,000 only; while a 64-page passport booklet with 10-year validity, which was N70,000, will be N100,000,” the assertion learn partly.
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