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Hon Tunji Ojo is doing a fantastic job but must remember that a country's passport is not meant for only Japa purposes.

In Europe, passport fees are usually a tiny fraction of the monthly minimum wage. Most EU and non-EU European countries have relatively high wages compared to the cost of a passport.

Let’s check carefully:

Europe Passport Cost vs Minimum Wage (2025)
Country Minimum Wage (monthly, gross)

Passport Cost % of Wage
France €1,766 €86 ~5%
Germany~€2,100 (12.41 €/hr) ~€70 ~3%
Spain €1,134 €30 ~3%
Portugal €955 €65 ~7%
Poland ~€977 PLN 140 (~€32) ~3%
Greece ~€910 €84.40 ~9%
Netherlands €2,070 €65 ~3%
Belgium €2,029 €65 ~3%
UK (not EU) £1,900 (~€2,220) £82.50 ~4%
Bulgaria (lowest EU wage) €477 ~€50 ~10%
Romania €663 ~€60 ~9%
Hungary €710 ~€55 ~8%
Croatia €840 ~€42 ~5%
Czechia €850 ~€44 ~5%
Slovakia €750 ~€33 ~4%

There are no European countries where the cost of a passport is higher than the monthly minimum wage.

The closest cases are in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, and Hungary, where the passport cost is 8–10% of monthly wage — but still far below the minimum wage.

Are we building a country or poverty cage? If Africa wants to develop, citizens must not save towards getting a passport. It is the major identity document for every citizen.

Going by the above statistics, The Nigerian passport should not me more than Ngn7,000.

If the price remains like this, then a very big problem has been added to other massive problems. It then means that elected officials were elected to create problems not solve them.

Everything in Nigeria overpriced, the new passport so expensive that it is almost out if reach for the average Nigerian earning below the minimum wage.

gbaskiboy:
Everything in Nigeria overpriced, the new passport so expensive that it is almost out if reach for the average Nigerian earning below the minimum wage.

Honestly this is very annoying. The poor cannot have an identity even if they don't have food to eat.