In Kwara, 'Immigration Officers Only Issue Passports to Those Willing to Pay Bribes'

Date: 2022-01-12

A civil servant based in Kwara has accused the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) office in Apata Yakuba, Ilorin, Kwara State, of being corrupt and deliberately creating hurdles for citizens looking to acquire their passports.

The civil servant, who asked not to be named, said the officials at the NIS office in Yakuba now openly operate like rogues and issue passports only to those who are willing to pay exorbitant but illegal fees.

“In the Apata Yakuba office, passports are sold to the highest bidder. If you go there to do it yourself, the officials will not attend to you, but rather stress you until you get tired and give them a contract to do it for you,” he told FIJ.

He said no one had told him positive things about the immigration office in Apata Yakuba, and that if one contracted passport acquisition to a worker at the centre, they would fail to deliver the passport at the appropriate time.

“They even charge as much as N46,000 for a 32-page booklet and N120,000 for a 64-page booklet with 10-year validity. Meanwhile, the price displayed on the website for a 64-page booklet is N70,000. But even after paying them for this, they will not deliver it on time,” he said.

He said he visited the NIS office in Apata Yakuba on December 29, 2021 for verification, but was told by an officer to return in seven days for capturing.

The seven-day timeline ended on Wednesday, but when he got to the office, an official told him to pay N6,000 for administrative charges before he would be captured. This prompted him to reach out to many influential personalities to inform them of the irregularities at the NIS office.

“I learned that for these guys, extortion is a trade. They don’t hide it anymore. Many times, when people go for their passports, they tell them they do not have papers,” he said.

When FIJ contacted the NIS, the call representative said people who are frustrated by corrupt officials should report them to the NIS with clear evidence.

“They can also send their complaints to nis.servicom@nigeriaimmigratiom.gov.ng. But if anyone has issues like this, they should come with their evidence,” he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Akanji     Musa Abdullahi     SSA Youth Engagement     Sheriff Shagaya     Unicontinental Construction Company     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     COVID     CBT     Shuaibu Yaman     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Abdulkarim Adisa     Ilorin Durbar     Theophilus Oyebiyi     SWAN     Demola Banu     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Ayinde Oki     New Naira Notes     Quareeb Islamic Association     Kwara State Fire Service     Oke-Odo     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Emir Of Ilorin     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     AbdulGafar Tosho     Ishola Abdullahi     Kamaldeen Gambari     Issa Oloruntogun     Crystal Corner Shops     Matthew Babaoye     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Femi Gbajabiamila     Eleyele     Sun Qing Rong     Dele Belgore     Kwara TV     Segun Adeniyi     Senate President     Kwarareports.com     Kwara Hotel     Yusuf Aiyedun     Usman Alkali Baba     TIIDELab     Kwara University Of Education     Ndama Al-hassan     Alfa Belgore     Abubakar Aliagan     Moremi High School     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Ileloke     IF-K     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Ali Ahmad     SWAN     Funmilayo Mohammed     IDPU     Okin Group     Ramadhan     Al-Adaby     Yusuf Ali     Umar Ayinla Saro     Hijab     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Olupako Of Share     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Segun Olawoyin     Tsado Manman     Ado Ibrahim     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Maigida Soludero Transit     Oke-Ode     Saka Onimago     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

KWASEIC     Abdulwahab Oba     Royal FM     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Borgu     Hijab     Adekunle David Dunmade     Elekoyangan     Elerin Of Adanla     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Ndakene     Kwara Central     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Ahman Patigi     Umar Adelodun     Jebba     Owu Fall     Hauwa Nuru     Esuwoye     Aso Ofi     Onilu     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Bisi Kristien     Dogara     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Yusuf A. Usman     Illyasu Abdullahi     Shero     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Lukman Adeloyin     Christopher Ayeni     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Ibrahim Bio     Grillo     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Fareedah Dankaka     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Sarakite     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Shururat Olatinwo     Isiaka Oniwa     IFK     Solomon Edoja     Kunle Okeowo     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Tunji Moronfoye     IHS     Bola Tinubu     Iyabo Adewuyi     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Saka Keji     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     3MTT     Salman Jawondo     TIIDELab     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Olam Food Ingredients     Mashood Dauda     AbdulRauf Keji     Bibire Ajape     Lateef Fagbemi     Funmi Salau     Ayobami Akanbi     Arandun     AGM Professional Services     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Fatimoh Lawal     Hameed Oladipupo Ali