{"id":91896,"date":"2022-02-16T11:15:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T10:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=91896"},"modified":"2022-02-16T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T10:15:46","slug":"passport-exercise-patience-nis-urges-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/passport-exercise-patience-nis-urges-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Passport: Exercise Patience, NIS urges Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the service for sequential production and issuance of their passports.<\/p>\n<p>The NIS Comptroller Cross River Command, Mr Simbabi Baikie, gave the advice on Tuesday, at the 2022 SERVICOM week celebration of the command in Calabar with theme \u201cExcellence Service Delivery, a Panacea for Corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Baikie was represented by Mr Abubakar Abdulkadir, NIS Deputy Comptroller.<\/p>\n<p>Baikie said that the command always met the demands of the applicants, hence the need for them to show understanding while they await the production of their passports.<\/p>\n<p>The comptroller said that the customer week was to enlighten members of the public on the internal and external services rendered by the command and for feedback on areas to improve on.<\/p>\n<p>He listed the services rendered to include monitoring of entry and exit of immigrants into the country, issuing of temporary work permit, diplomatic and tourist visas, and passports to eligible Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Baikie said most Nigerians were impatient when applying for their passports, hence the pressure on the passport control officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody can apply for his or her international passport online and then visit the command that he wants the passport on that same day; this is not possible.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the service for sequential production and issuance of their passports. 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