The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Wednesday charged agency heads to speed up the process of application and collection of Nigerian passports.

This was revealed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Interior, Alao Babatunde, quoting Tuji-ojo saying; “Nigerians should not have to queue endlessly to get passports. No, this must stop,” “This is not the Nigeria of our dream. I need to know the challenges the agency is facing.”

Babatude revealed that the minister made the charge while speaking at a brief with the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola, and Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa.

The minister also noted that President Bola Tinubu had no interest in excuses, saying the agency heads must be active, noting that the country is at a critical point and in dire need of transformation.

Tunji-Ojo also underscored the importance of leveraging technology as a means to enhance efficiency and accuracy within the immigration and correctional services.

“I am just returning from a meeting with the president. He is not interested in excuses. We must work and deliver. Anyone who cannot help Nigeria to record progress must be kicked out because we can actually be great,” he said.

“Let me know your challenges. I am here to help you solve them. When you solve them and record successes, I am also successful. The time of talks is gone. So, keep your talk. Let us discuss solutions.

“Nigerians should not have to queue endlessly to get passports. No, this must stop. This is not the Nigeria of our dream. I need to know the challenges the agency is facing.

“We must all come together to deploy and invest our expertise to resolve them. Nigerians will take us up on our promises. If we have officers who are not ready for this rigorous process, we will excuse them.” Tunji - Ojo added.