The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria
Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad
Babandede has said that the Nigerian e-passport
will be produced locally from 2018.
Babandede disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja
when members of the House of Representatives
committee on interior came on an oversight
visit. He stated that the NIS was working round the
clock, to begin the local production of the 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.
The e-passport is currently being printed by Iris
Smart Technology Nigeria Ltd. through its parent
company, Iris Corporation based in Malaysia.

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