₦airaland Forum

is it my eyes or do i see just a single room with chairs and devices still wrapped in platic bags like they were deliberately kept for show-off?
we even had more than 90 centres across the nation for passport production, yet it takes some people as long as a whole year before getting their passports?
Till we eradicate corruption, Nigeria has a very long way to go...

Depriest2020:
So everyone that needs an international passport must come to Abuja? Not fair to those outside Abuja. From Sokoto to Abuja is about 18hrs drive.

nope that's not the point...only printing will be done in abuja

Chikarata2020:
Does it mean that is only in Abuja one can do his passport so

nope...it means only abuja can print passport

Depriest2020:
So everyone that needs an international passport must come to Abuja? Not fair to those outside Abuja. From Sokoto to Abuja is about 18hrs drive.

this is just for the production,the distribution is still across

My only concern is logistics distribution
..can they distribute to all pickup locations and meet the timely demand.

This seems counterproductive...

If the 96 production centres were adequately manned and equipment provided, that would translate to about 25,000 passports per day...

Now that it is centralised, it reduces to 5,000 passports per day... how is that more productive?

Look at Drivers' licence that is centralised... it takes over 180 days to renew a license. So why adopt a system that is clearly flawed?

The government is making the same mistake it did with subsidy removal and devaluation of the Naira.

Rather than addressing the inefficiencies and corruption that made the systems unsustainable, they are shifting the burden to the masses.

Time will tell.

I expect you would at the very least be an Undergraduate.

Something was done to align with world's best practise and standard, but you are looking for 96 special centres up and down.

Damn, school aint scam afterall

Ofunaofu:
Stop this 'we vs. them' attitude you're displaying here, the elections are long over.

If you can't engage logically by explaining how a centralized passport production location in Abuja could be faster than the existing decentralized setup with 96 locations, then maybe you should quit Nairaland and go rant at a local agbadó beer parlour where your bigotry and bitterness might be better received.

If the old machines in these 96 locations could only print 250 to 300 passports daily, why not simply replace the machines with new ones and keep the 96 locations, rather than centralize everything in Abuja

natureisgood:
I expect you would at the very least be an Undergraduate.

Something was done to align with world's best practise and standard, but you are looking for 96 special centres up and down.

Damn, school aint scam afterall

What is world’s best practice?

When the 96 centers were established, it was as well described as world’s best practice, ensuring timely processing and bringing services closer to passport applicants.

Wait, I don't understand, you had 96 centres, producing 250-300 passports/day which is approx- 28,000 passports/per day, but then you swapped it for one decentralised centre that produces 4500 - 5000 passports/day in Abuja for Nigerians from 36 states - over 150 million of them. How does that make sense?
Abi na me no dey grab?