Nigeria Immigration plans 5,000 passports production daily, to deliver booklets within a week –Minister

*Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Honourable Minister for Interior, announces the Nigeria Immigration Service’s new project of delivering passports to Nigerians within a week ‘is 100 percent ready’ towards a more productive and efficient passport delivery service across the country

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

Sequel to its recent centralisation of passport production for the first time in 62 years, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has unveiled plans to deliver passports to Nigerians within a week after applications for same.

ConsumerConnect reports Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Honourable Minister for Interior, announced this development Thursday, September 18, 2025, during an inspection of the new Centralised Passport Personalisation Centre at the NIS Headquarters, in Abuja, FCT.

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Dr. Tunji-Ojo said: “The project is 100 percent ready. Nigeria can now be more productive and efficient in delivering passport services.”

The Minister also explained that old passport production machines could only produce 250 to 300 passports daily.

He, however, assured Nigerians that the new tech system has a capacity to produce 4,500 to 5,000 passports every day.

Tunji-Ojo further stated: “With this, NIS can now meet daily demands within just four to five hours of operation.”

He equally described the new system as a game-changer for passport processing in Nigeria.

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The Minister averred: “We promised two-week delivery, and we’re now pushing for one week.

“Automation and optimisation are crucial for keeping this promise to Nigerians.”

According to Tunji-Ojo, centralisation of the NIS operations, which is in line with global standards, will improve uniformity and enhance the overall integrity of Nigerian travel documents worldwide.

The centralised production system aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reform agenda to boost NIS capacity, and change the narrative for better service delivery, stated the Minister for Interior.

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