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FG to begin contactless passport application, home delivery March

FG to begin contactless passport application, home delivery March,

The Federal Government says it will begin full contactless passport application processing and home delivery in March this year.

Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday night.

He said, “Plans are almost ready for the commencement of full contactless passport applications and the delivery of the same to applicants via courier.

“Starting March 8, Nigerians will no longer have to come to our offices for their biometrics. They can do it from the comfort of their homes and have their passports delivered to them.

“The whole solution is almost ready. We have phase one, phase two, and phase three. This is phase one that we have delivered. Phase two is the one in the diaspora.

“The one in the diaspora will be delivered on February 8. Then phase three is the contactless biometric, whereby you don’t even need to go again and that’s March 8.

“I guarantee you that in two months’ time, you will sit at home, do your biometrics, fill in your delivery address and we send it to you via courier.”

“With this now, the only thing you need to do there: you have an appointment; you just go there; take your biometrics. No picture and nobody is looking at your documents,” the minister added.

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