The Nigeria Immigration Service processed and issued at least 9.31 million passports from 2015 to 2022.
It also processed over 1.8 million passports in 2022 alone.
The Minister of Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, revealed this at the 64th session of the State House Ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team, at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
The breakdown showed that in 2015, 2016 and 2017, the service processed and issued 941,995, 1,035,668 and 1,136,855 passports, respectively.
In 2018, 2019 and 2020, it processed 1,242,953 and 780,047 passports respectively. While 1,056,422 and 1,899,683 passports were processed and issued in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
However, over 148,000 passports have been awaiting collection nationwide since 2020.
