Nigerian Embassy in Canada shuts down over lack of booklets, ‘unruly behaviour of applicants’

THE Nigerian High Commission in Canada, says it is suspending consular activities indefinitely till further notice due to lack of passport booklets and unruly behaviour of applicants.

The Commission located in Ottawa, announced this in a statement published on its official website on Tuesday, noting that there has been an influx of requests for passport renewals by Nigerians.

“The high Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Canada wishes to inform Nigerian communities in Canada and the general public that the Mission remains closed to the public. The special intervention arrangement whereby emergency cases were being handled on a discretionary basis is hereby suspended,” the statement read.

“We would like to draw attention to the fact that with the closure of the air space our ability to bring much needed passport booklets into the country has been impaired. This is another area we intend to focus on.”

The High Commission stated that it had previously devised a system to attend to emergency cases following directives from the Federal Government of Nigeria and in line with public health guidelines informed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, it alleged that citizens defied the system, disclosing that many applicants would show up at the chancery without appointments and insist on gaining audience with staff members in charge of processing passport renewals.

“On a number of occasions people seeking passport renewal came to the chancery without an appointment and acted in the a most unruly manner, disturbing the peace and acting in an abusive manner, banging windows,” it said.

It further stated things got worse on August 14, when a group of applicants caused mayhem at the embassy, refusing people entrance and holding a staff member hostage for several minutes.

“Matters came to a head on Friday August 14, when a group showed up at the high commission and refused to allow the embassy staff members to attend to those who had appointments. They insisted that we had to attend to everybody who showed up,” the statement read.

“They went as far as holding a female staff member who went to address them hostage for over twenty minutes and subjected them to physical abuse.”

READ MORE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/nigerian-embassy-in-canada-shuts-down-over-lack-of-booklets-unruly-behaviour-of-applicants/

Awon

Foolish Naija based Nigerians, come and see oooo! Shebi these ones don japa.......so wetin dem wan take Naija passports do?

Answer: No place like home. Build your own country!!!!

Canada no send you!

Things are really falling apart

NkemChukwudi:
Awon

Foolish Naija based Nigerians, come and see oooo! Shebi these ones don japa.......so wetin dem wan take Naija passports do?

Answer: No place like home. Build your own country!!!!

Canada no send you!

So who Japa no dey use Nigerian Passport? Wetin dem dey use Japa and renew their papers? Passport photograph?

Not untill we hear from the applicant how the embassy is milking them one by one before I will comment.


Fear 9ja embassies abroad.

Nbotee:


So who Japa no dey use Nigerian Passport? Wetin dem dey use Japa and renew their papers? Passport photograph?

Why dem dey renew passport? Shebi dem don japa reach Canada so wetin dem wan take Naija Pali do?

NkemChukwudi:



Why dem dey renew passport? Shebi dem don japa reach Canada so wetin dem wan take Naija Pali do?

No dey talk like who no know something.. Who Japa dey use passport

hisgrace090:
Not untill we hear from the applicant how the embassy is milking them one by one before I will comment.


Fear 9ja embassies abroad.

Exactly