Conversely, a total of 40,009 passports have not been collected by applicants. The figure has even risen since then to show that between December 2020 and March, 2021, 790,000 passports have been supplied and that the figures will eventually surpass the one recorded for the year before. A breakdown of the figures reveal geometric rise over a period of time.
It has increased greater access of Nigerians to the document by issuing 2,742,207 passports to Nigerians in the last three years.
To ensure quality service performance, the Ministry of Interior has Introduces Quarterly Performance Reviews for Agencies and Service Providers within its purview, something that is considered a novelty.įor instance, the current leadership in the Ministry of the Interior under his supervision has ensured a lot of work is done in the area of ensuring credibility and respectability to the nation’s passport. Aregbesola has not only identified the numerous problems in the ministry as they relate to internal security, he has come up with numerous solutions to them in a manner that has continued to draw accolades to himself from those who were formerly skeptical of his ability to deliver.