Ongoing Passport Intervention in Houston and Dallas

Defrauding Nigerians in the name of Immigration and paying money into their private accounts.


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Fellow Nigerians, Good Morning.



I speak this morning on a matter of legitimate concern to ALL Nigerians in the United States - the ongoing Passport Intervention Exercise in Dallas this weekend (June 28 – June 3, 2018), and Houston, next week (July 1-3, 2018). The current COSTS of the passports and the MODE of collecting them by the “Nigerian Immigration Service” from “Abuja”, as we were told, are, to say the least, very troubling. Kindly put on your OBJECTIVE thinking hat, consider the following in its entirety, and be your own judge:



1. We all know that Nigerian Government established THREE Consulate Offices in the United States to issue passports to Nigerians living in the United States at the cost of $77 (for children) and $106 (for adults). HOWEVER, “Nigerian Immigration Service" from "Abuja” is charging Nigerians $220 (per adult) and $191 (per child) in this Passport Intervention Exercise (henceforth, Intervention). That is, there is a commission of $114 per adult and $114 per child. Notice that the commission ($114) in this Intervention is far more than the cost of the passport itself ($106 and $77 per adult and child respectively). Now, what does this mean? Kindly read on.



2. If an average of about 3,000 Nigerians (adults and children) apply for the Passports around Dallas, Houston, San Antonia, Louisiana, and nearby States/Cities in this Intervention, which is usually an estimated turnout in such scale of Interventions given the population of Nigerians in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and nearby States, the commission ALONE will be $342,000.00 (or N123,120,000.00 million) – i.e., $114 x 3000. Is that fair?



There is still another serious concern. Where is this Commission of about $342,000.00 (or N123,120,000.00 million) PLUS the government’s standard cost of passport ($106 per adult and $77 per child) going to be deposited? Read on.



3. We all know that Nigerian Government set up an online payment for Passports through “INNOVATE 1” – which is accessible from all the THREE Nigerian Consulate websites in the United States, and Nigerians have been using “INNOVATE 1” to pay for passports for years. HOWEVER, the “Nigerian Immigration" from "Abuja” is asking Nigerians to pay into an account with the Wells Fargo bank or Bank of America, in the name of “ECGI, LLC/Stella Onuoha”. Here is the exact instruction on payment, and I quote:



"Send the application ID and ref number to us with the deposit slip for your payment of either $220 for adult or $191 for children, paid into the Wells Fargo Bank account provided. You can do an online transfer with Zelle (also available through Bank of America) with Amb. Stella Onuoha's number 2403939255......Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Acct#: 2452184258, Rt# 111900659, Acct name: ECGI, LLC/Stella Onuoha" (http://www.amoize.com/e-passport-intervention.html ).


E-Passport Intervention
www.amoize.com
Nigerian Immigration Service will be in Dallas from June 28-30, 2018 and Houston from July 1-3, 2018. For those in Dallas, I have attached the Dallas form here below. Print and fill it out. ...



Fellow Nigerians, once more, this matter must be a matter of legitimate concern to ALL objective Nigerians, especially when the intents and purposes of this Intervention are examined in context. Indeed, some have been questioning the authenticity of this Intervention based on the observations:



Nigerian Government set up three Consulate Offices in the United States. Nigerian Government set up the cost of its passport in the United States to be $106 for adults and $77 for children. Nigerian Government set up its online method of payment in the United States through “INNOVATE 1”. NOW, the same Nigerian Government, as we were told, suspended its three Consulates in the United States to issue passports in this Intervention? Abandoned its standardized costs for passports ($106 per adult and $77 per child)? Replaced those standardized costs with $220 per adult and $191 per child? Suspended “INNOVATE 1” as the medium of collecting the costs of the passports, ONLY to liaise with some private company’s/individual’s bank accounts with Wells Fargo bank and Bank of America? What in the world is going on here? To the fair-minded, this is very troubling and completely inexplicable.



Be that as it may, if Nigerian government actually sent its Immigration Officers from home to conduct this Intervention in the United States, Nigerians in the United States should pay, as they have been paying, $106 per adult passport and $77 for their children’s passports this weekend in Dallas and Houston areas (July 1 – 3) and as ADVERTISED in ALL the three Nigerian CONSULATE Websites in the United States to this very day - June 29, 2018. [Kindly click on the three Nigerian Consulate websites below for the proper and exact costs of the Nigerian passports in the United States to this day - June 29, 2018.] In addition, those Nigerians who have already paid $220 and $191 through Wells Fargo or Bank of America should be reimbursed accordingly. That is the right thing to do. To pay more than our government requires could be interpreted as extortion and exploitation.



Obviously, Nigerians in the United States need passports to travel home to see their loved ones (just as fish need water to survive), but that does not mean that Nigerians should naively pay $220 per passport instead of $106, nor does it give any Nigerian (at home or in the United States) the authority to milk and exploit unsuspecting fellow Nigerians. This is totally wrong and self-evidently unconscionable!



A FINAL CRUCIAL NOTE: It must be noted that Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Ethiopia, to name just a few, are among African countries that have Honorary (volunteered) Consul Generals in Houston, issuing Passports and Visas to their citizens. The rich oil Nigeria, the most populated African country, with the highest population of Nigerians in Houston, should have at least one Honorary (volunteered) Consul General of Nigeria to issue basic passports and Visas to Nigerians in Houston and its environs. Accordingly, I call upon Nigerians in Houston and nearby Cities and States to rally behind our Petition mailed to Nigerian government on June 8, 2018, to establish at least an Honorary Consul General of Nigeria in Houston as done by so many countries in the world, including many African countries, instead of allowing a few of us to block the effort for selfishness and self-enrichment. Let us work for collective good and stop this exploitation of the many by the few. We can do much better!



Prof. Bedford Umez

Umez Foundation: www.umez.com (Addressing Nigerian African Issues)

Dept. of Government, Lee College, Texas USA, Phone: 832-731-7061

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NOTE THE ACTUAL COST OF THE NIGERIAN PASSPORTS:

Below are the links to three Nigerian Consulate Offices in the United States showing the ACTUAL costs of the Nigerian Passports ($106 for adults and $77 for children) as of this morning, June 29, 2018:

1. Nigerian Embassy in Washing DC: http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/index.php?page=passports

2. Nigerian Consulate in New York: http://www.nigeriahouse.com/NewPassport.aspx

3. Nigerian Consulate in Atlanta: http://nigeria-consulate-atl.org/passport/



EXACT SCREEN COPIES OF THE ABOVE 1 - 3 WEBSITES:

Aware that any change can happen at any time, I decided to take SCREEN SHOTS of the above websites this morning, and store the images (which are the EXACT contents in the websites):

1. http://www.umez.com/Consulates/Embassy-of-the-Nigeria-DC.png

2. http://www.umez.com/Consulates/Consulate-General-Nigeria-NY.png

3. http://www.umez.com/Consulates/Nigeria-Consulate-Atlanta.png



OTHER NOTES:

*For the website, advertising the visit of the “Nigerian Immigration Service” from “Abuja, “ click on this link: http://www.amoize.com/e-passport-intervention.html For the screen shot/copy, click on this link: http://www.umez.com/Consulates/E-Passport-Intervention-Amoize-Magazine.png . Or, visit this link, http://nigeria-consulate-atl.org or for the screen shot/copy click on this link: http://www.umez.com/Consulates/Consulate-General-of-Nigeria-Atlanta.png

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