Nigerians in UK won’t pay extra charges for passports – FG

The Federal Government has said Nigerians applying for planetary passports nether the ongoing peculiar passport involution workout successful the United Kingdom are not required to wage immoderate other charges beyond the approved authoritative fees.

The clarification was contained successful a connection issued by the Special Adviser to the Minister of Interior connected Media and Publicity, Alao Babatunde, connected behalf of the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.

“The involution was introduced to supply Nigerians successful the UK with much opportunities to process their passport applications, and nary caller fees person been added to the exercise.”

“This process does not travel with other outgo antithetic from the authoritative fees of $150 and $230 for five-year and 10-year validity passports respectively, exclusive of slope charges,” the connection said.

It added that neither the Ministry of Interior nor the Nigeria Immigration Service had introduced immoderate charges extracurricular the approved fees.

The curate acknowledged the concerns raised by immoderate Nigerians successful the UK implicit the inconvenience experienced during the exertion and processing of passports.

According to the statement, the Ministry of Interior is already moving with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to guarantee the challenges experienced during the e...