In what seems a marching order to the Nigerian Immigration Service Centres in the country recently where all issues on Passport backlogs were cleared to stake high efficiency in Issuance of International Passports across the country.

A recent declaration depicts the reason why students must not laboured abruptly to secure their international passports . The Minister of Interior Affairs has said in a program in Lagos.

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo speaking recently in Lagos in an
opening ceremony of the 2023 University of Lagos International Week on Monday, in Lagos. On the theme of the international week ‘Breaking the Borders of Partnership’. Says statistics indicate that no fewer than 99,985 Nigerian students left the country to enrol in universities in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2022.

“Every year, over 100 Nigerian students benefit from the scholarship for postgraduate and PhD degrees, We have hundreds of professionals and entrepreneurs leaving our shores to break new grounds across our lands.

“And on our part, we must ensure that we play our part in the actualisation of their dreams. They carry our identity, one which not only aids their pursuit, but also defines them.

Authoritatively, ”According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), reports have shown that about 99,985 Nigerian students left this country to enrol in universities in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2022.

“While many may contend that majority of these students have simply ‘JAPA’ for other reasons, we cannot also deny the fact that a larger chunk of these students have left with the purest intent to seek further knowledge for self advancement”.

“Now, in going all through this, therefore, I may want to ask why our students should now suffer to acquire international passports, even when they have paid for it?.

“Their pursuit of breaking new grounds across borders is one which gives us great joy, as through our children, we sustain the future,” the Minister has said.