• Five-year passport costs $150, 10-year validity goes for $230
• Minister moves to address complaints by Nigerians in UK
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has clarified that Nigerians in the United Kingdom participating in the ongoing special passport intervention exercise are not required to pay any charges beyond the officially approved passport fees.
The clarification followed complaints over inconveniences reportedly encountered by some Nigerians during the application and processing of their international passports under the intervention programme.
In a statement issued on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Alao Babatunde, the minister explained that the special intervention was introduced to provide Nigerians in the UK with additional options for processing their passport applications.
He stressed that the exercise did not attract any additional charges apart from the approved fees of $150 for a five-year passport and $230 for a 10-year passport, excluding applicable bank charges.
“The Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Immigration Service have not introduced any other charges outside the aforementioned official fees,” the statement said.
Tunji-Ojo disclosed that consultations were ongoing with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to address challenges associated with the exercise and ensure that the inconveniences reported by applicants were resolved.
He reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to improving passport services and providing better support to Nigerians both within the country and abroad.
The minister also advised passport applicants to take advantage of the seamless, contactless biometric passport application system as part of efforts to make the process more convenient and accessible.
