No company is holding Nigeria to Ransome... Follow the money then you will realise who in Nigeria this company is fronting for.

Cooldiipo:
A company holding a nation to ransom....wonder shall never stop! Local production is the way forward.Do you need powerbank for laptop, over ten hours guaranteed and twenty hours possible. Increase your productivity and work when you like. Don't get mistaken for a Yahoo boy because of your generator noise. Ready to impress!

50k for 100,000mah guaranteed to power you pc for more than 10 hours. 75k for 180,000mah guaranteed to power pc for more than 18hours. All are built with brand new liFePo4 battery. Only in Nigeria do we face These kind of challenge

Something that Minting and Printing company of Nigeria,can handle but they prefer to give it to Malaysian companies
shame on NIS

I hope soon I will be able to tear my Nigerian passport.

Malaysia? The Oluwole (document forgery) capital of the world? Although Naija kpali na e-Passport, the contractors and especially Malaysia cannot be trusted. The should conclude the withdrawal and give it to a local company or Nigeria Security Printing company.

I reapplied since ending January up to today na booklet never ready dem dey tell me
Don dey think say dem don chop my money God help us in this country

Jonathan could have signed this in his drunken state
I learnt he was a serial drunkard
Those crooks he surrounded himself with used him wella,they took advantage of his weaknesses

Well said.

ivandragon:
This piece is dubiously written & seems to be an attempt to redirect the blame for the present scarcity of Nigerian passports to other sources rather than the fact that it is this present administration that is incompetent.

How can the contract be almost for life when it is clearly stated that it has been renewed about 3 times?

While it is good that Nigerian passports be produced locally, it is the dubious nature & poor planning culture of this administration that has led to scarcity of passports & not because of the existing contract.

STNL has a contract to produce about 6m passports & while the exact number of passports produced so far is debatable (about 4m+), the contract cannot be said to be unfavorable (except in the sense that we should produce passports locally) or for life.

This administration is piss-poor when it comes to planning & implementation but always prefers to blame others for its incompetence.

The solution is simple, allow the existing contract run its course or mandate STNL to produce the balance passports within a specific timeframe or payoff STNL for the balance of passports yet to be printed... How hard can it be?

ivandragon:
This piece is dubiously written & seems to be an attempt to redirect the blame for the present scarcity of Nigerian passports to other sources rather than the fact that it is this present administration that is incompetent.

How can the contract be almost for life when it is clearly stated that it has been renewed about 3 times?

While it is good that Nigerian passports be produced locally, it is the dubious nature & poor planning culture of this administration that has led to scarcity of passports & not because of the existing contract.

STNL has a contract to produce about 6m passports & while the exact number of passports produced so far is debatable (about 4m+), the contract cannot be said to be unfavorable (except in the sense that we should produce passports locally) or for life.

This administration is piss-poor when it comes to planning & implementation but always prefers to blame others for its incompetence.

The solution is simple, allow the existing contract run its course or mandate STNL to produce the balance passports within a specific timeframe or payoff STNL for the balance of passports yet to be printed... How hard can it be?

In the last 20 years in this country, there is no year that passport booklet is not scarce. Infact, it is a regular 'cashing out strategy by Immigration guys.

ivandragon:
This piece is dubiously written & seems to be an attempt to redirect the blame for the present scarcity of Nigerian passports to other sources rather than the fact that it is this present administration that is incompetent.

How can the contract be almost for life when it is clearly stated that it has been renewed about 3 times?

While it is good that Nigerian passports be produced locally, it is the dubious nature & poor planning culture of this administration that has led to scarcity of passports & not because of the existing contract.

STNL has a contract to produce about 6m passports & while the exact number of passports produced so far is debatable (about 4m+), the contract cannot be said to be unfavorable (except in the sense that we should produce passports locally) or for life.

This administration is piss-poor when it comes to planning & implementation but always prefers to blame others for its incompetence.

The solution is simple, allow the existing contract run its course or mandate STNL to produce the balance passports within a specific timeframe or payoff STNL for the balance of passports yet to be printed... How hard can it be?

You will live long

MASTAkiLLAh:

https://punchng.com/malaysian-firm-battles-fg-over-multibillion-naira-passport-booklets-contracts/?utm

Same thing here in Benin republic....Africa my Africa

aspabay:
Obviously crooks were once in charge of running this nation.

And now holy and faithful people are in charge abi? Nigerians go suffer tire

agabusta:


In the last 20 years in this country, there is no year that passport booklet is not scarce. Infact, it is a regular 'cashing out strategy by Immigration guys.

I agree with you in part. However, the scarcity became pronounced in 2016 due to the government's refusal to consider an increase in the cost.

The thing is the contract with the company is for about 4 years & expired in 2019. So what has the FG been doing since then?

The company is no different from some companies in Nigeria that use opportunity to gain more than what is normally due without breaking the law.

The point is that the FG can easily get out of the contract if it really wants to just like it did with INTELS...

BadEnglish:


Bro. As an immigration officer, I'm telling you it's more complex to terminate the contract than u all think, alot of clauses are in the contract that can't be made public. And settling those clauses will open up a can of worms that people in the past administrations will not like. One more thing, This is one of the best thing CGIS Babandede is doing for this country . It will save Nigeria alot of money n also encourage local production and create Jobs for our teeming youths.

PS. Na Ebora owu put us for this Passport wahala right from 2003. No be Bubu. Ire oo

I am happy you are an immigration officer. But which section/department? If you have carried out duties in passport office in HQ, it means that you are fully aware the contract terminated in 2019.

It then raises the question as to why the FG is trying to shift blame.

Passport scarcity became intense in 2016.

Laslaslala:
Jonathan could have signed this in his drunken state
I learnt he was a serial drunkard
Those crooks he surrounded himself with used him wella,they took advantage of his weaknesses

Well, I can't vouch for GEJ, he's such a clueless man despite the fact that he's learned. My fear is this current man in power, we may not know how far this current government has sold us out to china, when another government comes up, then we'll know scores. Blacks, we easily get trapped in black and white legal documents.

ivandragon:
This piece is dubiously written & seems to be an attempt to redirect the blame for the present scarcity of Nigerian passports to other sources rather than the fact that it is this present administration that is incompetent.

How can the contract be almost for life when it is clearly stated that it has been renewed about 3 times?

While it is good that Nigerian passports be produced locally, it is the dubious nature & poor planning culture of this administration that has led to scarcity of passports & not because of the existing contract.

STNL has a contract to produce about 6m passports & while the exact number of passports produced so far is debatable (about 4m+), the contract cannot be said to be unfavorable (except in the sense that we should produce passports locally) or for life.

This administration is piss-poor when it comes to planning & implementation but always prefers to blame others for its incompetence.

The solution is simple, allow the existing contract run its course or mandate STNL to produce the balance passports within a specific timeframe or payoff STNL for the balance of passports yet to be printed... How hard can it be?

Go back to history of booklet scarcity,it dates back to jonathan era,it was the scarcity that triggered the Present administration to then ask for the details of that particular contract, unfortunately the landmines laid for the country by jonathan and other thieves is been carefully navigated,only for you to come here and misrepresent facts.

You even erroneously stated that the contract was renewed 3ce,how can you renew a contract with no expiry date?
What jonathan and his 40 thieves did was to increase the number of passports to be printed periodically,if you are in doubt go back to the main article and underline where it was stated that the contract was renewed.

iI agreed with you that those in this Present administration are also culpable for some of these things, particularly the Civill Servants they are the ones who benefits more from all these fraudulent schemes.

My advice to the government is to TERMINATE the contract with immediate effects and assemble seasoned legal team to battle it out in court.
it is very easy,a CONTRACT WITH NO TRRM OF EXPIRY IS NOT A BINDING CONTRACT,ANY OF THE PARTIES CAN WALK AWAY FROM SUCH WITH SOME FEW MONTHS NOTIFICATION, the greed of those who are in charge now will determine if the right path will be tow

ivandragon:
This piece is dubiously written & seems to be an attempt to redirect the blame for the present scarcity of Nigerian passports to other sources rather than the fact that it is this present administration that is incompetent.

How can the contract be almost for life when it is clearly stated that it has been renewed about 3 times?

While it is good that Nigerian passports be produced locally, it is the dubious nature & poor planning culture of this administration that has led to scarcity of passports & not because of the existing contract.

STNL has a contract to produce about 6m passports & while the exact number of passports produced so far is debatable (about 4m+), the contract cannot be said to be unfavorable (except in the sense that we should produce passports locally) or for life.

This administration is piss-poor when it comes to planning & implementation but always prefers to blame others for its incompetence.

The solution is simple, allow the existing contract run its course or mandate STNL to produce the balance passports within a specific timeframe or payoff STNL for the balance of passports yet to be printed... How hard can it be?

Thanks for the addendum.

Blammers and scammers government.

ivandragon:



I am happy you are an immigration officer. But which section/department? If you have carried out duties in passport office in HQ, it means that you are fully aware the contract terminated in 2019.

It then raises the question as to why the FG is trying to shift blame.

Passport scarcity became intense in 2016.

I work here at the SHQ Abuja. And I wasn't implying the scarcity started in 2003 when the contract was first agreed, all I'm trying to say is that the contract signed then was short sighted manipulative and it has a lot of discrepancies in it. Every other CG's who came into power after the agreement were all after their pocket n non of them tried to querry or looked into the issue. It was Babandede who stood his ground n did his own probe into the matter b4 presenting it to the Senate which they all agreed to that the contract signed is an Anti - Nigeria's contract and there is need for termination . A multimillion dollar contract isn't what you will sit on a table and just cancel outrightly, there are still some legal tussle that needs sorted 1st it could take months or even years. I'm sure u will be familiar with business law, it's not easily settled. And the 2019 termination was a partial termination not outrightly. Coz up till now, Iris still produce passport booklet for every other states in 9ja except PH, Lagos n Abuja. And that's how it's Gonna be, until we are able to wriggle ourselves out of the 20yrs mess OBJ put us in.

I personally have a lot interest in how this is gonna pan out. And I pray God continue to keep n protect Babandede. The visionary man n a serial project executioner.

PS: I'm a core Yoruba man. but honour should be given to whom it is due. And condemnation to those who deserves it too.

The contract had terminal date but it was written in Chinese so the Aboki in Charge of interior that time never cared, he jus signed anything signable...

What a bunch of useless FOLKS!

Doing this kind of business with Asians? smh

The booklets were to be supplied at a unit price of N690.08, totalling N2,070,240,000.

Y'all can see how the Federal Government has been doing yahoo yahoo for Nigerians, defrauding the citizens without remorse.

You printed a booklet of the passport for 690.08 naira each and sell to the citizens at 22,000 naira (22k) each official price or 35k each (unofficial price).

Solatium:





Go back to history of booklet scarcity,it dates back to jonathan era,it was the scarcity that triggered the Present administration to then ask for the details of that particular contract, unfortunately the landmines laid for the country by jonathan and other thieves is been carefully navigated,only for you to come here and misrepresent facts.

You even erroneously stated that the contract was renewed 3ce,how can you renew a contract with no expiry date?
What jonathan and his 40 thieves did was to increase the number of passports to be printed periodically,if you are in doubt go back to the main article and underline where it was stated that the contract was renewed.

iI agreed with you that those in this Present administration are also culpable for some of these things, particularly the Civill Servants they are the ones who benefits more from all these fraudulent schemes.

My advice to the government is to TERMINATE the contract with immediate effects and assemble seasoned legal team to battle it out in court.
it is very easy,a CONTRACT WITH NO TRRM OF EXPIRY IS NOT A BINDING CONTRACT,ANY OF THE PARTIES CAN WALK AWAY FROM SUCH WITH SOME FEW MONTHS NOTIFICATION, the greed of those who are in charge now will determine if the right path will be tow

I doubt you read the actual write up. It clearly stated it had been renewed a number of times.

You also have very limited knowledge of the whole issue. The contract expired in 2019, what has the FG done since then?

As silly as GEJ's administration was, pmb's is far worse. It terminated INTEL's contract without a second thought, why is it finding it hard to do same with this company?

ivandragon:
This piece is dubiously written & seems to be an attempt to redirect the blame for the present scarcity of Nigerian passports to other sources rather than the fact that it is this present administration that is incompetent.

How can the contract be almost for life when it is clearly stated that it has been renewed about 3 times?

While it is good that Nigerian passports be produced locally, it is the dubious nature & poor planning culture of this administration that has led to scarcity of passports & not because of the existing contract.

STNL has a contract to produce about 6m passports & while the exact number of passports produced so far is debatable (about 4m+), the contract cannot be said to be unfavorable (except in the sense that we should produce passports locally) or for life.

This administration is piss-poor when it comes to planning & implementation but always prefers to blame others for its incompetence.

The solution is simple, allow the existing contract run its course or mandate STNL to produce the balance passports within a specific timeframe or payoff STNL for the balance of passports yet to be printed... How hard can it be?

To think that someone who never read the post but made a comment out of context got this much likes shows how low education has sunk in Nigeria.

Youths for that matter!!

Okoroawusa:

To think that someone who never read the post but made a comment out of context got this much likes shows how low education has sunk in Nigeria.

Youths for that matter!!

Lol.

What exactly is out of context?

That you assume everyone is a 'youth' shows how limited you are in your reasoning...

seguno2:


Yeah, according to this blame game story to cover up glaring incompetence.
Oya, clap for yasef.

you just want to keep hating on this government, why not blame those that gave the contract to another country in the first place, the blame can never go to those trying to do the right thing by returning it to local production.

aspabay:


You obviously did not read the post at all.

Keep blaming Buhari if it makes you happy.

If you don't blame Buhari, the president, who are you going to blame?
River Niger? Ogun, or the weather?

deji17:
Previous PDP govt really did a lot of damage to this country.

Man shut up and stop believing these fools who blame PDP for their incompetence.

If you request for 10million passports and they have been produced or are being produced what do you need a termination date for? Anytime they produce your order, the contract ends.

Also you're waiting to win this STNL battle before planning how to get local production started àbi. These people have no sense of administration, strategy and seamless operation. How can you wait? Time isn't of the essence to you guys. How do the worst among us get to work with govt and make decisions for the best of us? No wonder the Civil service of Nigeria is nothing good to write about mostly

SHAME!

When MAZI NNAMDI KANU TOLD NIGERIANS
LAST TWO YEARS WHAT A SHAME YOUR COUNTRY IS PRINTING YOUR PASSPORT IN MALAYSIA AND YOUR SAYING YOUR A PROUD NIGERIA

NIGERIANS STARTED ATTACKING HIM THAT HE'S IGNORANT OF WHAT HE'S SAYING....THAT NIGERIA PASSPORT ARE PRINTED THERE IN NIGERIA....

ivandragon:



I doubt you read the actual write up. It clearly stated it had been renewed a number of times.

You also have very limited knowledge of the whole issue. The contract expired in 2019, what has the FG done since then?

As silly as GEJ's administration was, pmb's is far worse. It terminated INTEL's contract without a second thought, why is it finding it hard to do same with this company?

I repeat go back and read the article and underline where it was stated that CONTRACT RENEWD.
In your sane mind, how do you find it difficult to walk away from a contract that expired in 2019? at least going by this your present comment.
You cited INTEL contract as an example,Did you see details of both contract? How do you know it has same contractual obligations/condition's? If Atiku your pay Master knew he was wrongfully disengaged let him go to court for redress.