The
Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad
Babandede, has said there are plans to produce Nigerian e-passports in the
country.
Babandede
disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja when members of the House of
Representatives Committee on Interior came on an oversight visit.
He said the
immigration service was working with the Federal Government to ensure the
production of e-passports through the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting
Company Ltd. by 2018.
The
comptroller-general said that the measure was to save cost, ensure security
of critical data base, and create more jobs for Nigerians.
He added
that the Minister of Interior has set up a committee to ensure that the plan is
successful.
The
Chairman, House Committee on Interior, Adams Jagaba, condemned the use of
foreign companies for the production of the passport and other services.
Jagaba said
the foreign companies “go away with more than 70 per cent of the revenue
generated from the production of the document while the federal government
takes less than 30 per cent. ”
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