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President Buhari, Osinbajo get new 10-year international passport

Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, and the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mohammed Babandede, has presented a new 10-year diplomatic passport to President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The NIS said the new passport will enhance security and that it is weather friendly because it has polycarbonate technology that eliminates damage.

It added that the new passport now saves Nigerians in diaspora the time needed to frequently visit Nigerian embassies for new passports, Premium Times reports.

President Buhari, Osinbajo get new 10-year international passport

President Muhammadu Buhari launched the newly enhanced security e-Passport with 10-year validity today at the State House. Credit: Aso Rock Villa, Facebook
Source: Facebook

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The NIS boss Babandede had announced last year that Nigeria will begin using the new passport by December 2018.

He said: “Ten years after the enrollment of the e-passport system, we need to improve the security features.”

“You can’t keep documents for 10 years without seeing decreased values in them, so we are improving the security features which would raise the standards of the passports,” he was quoted to have said on Channels TV.

President Buhari, Osinbajo get new 10-year international passport

The NIS said the new passport will enhance security and that it is weather friendly because it has polycarbonate technology that eliminates damage. Credit: Aso Rock Villa, Facebook
Source: Facebook

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that President Muhammadu Buhari called for an emergency Federal Executive Council (FEC), meeting on Tuesday, January 15.

The FEC meeting, which was tagged extraordinary, will be presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Usually, FEC meeting holds on Wednesdays at the council chamber, but this one is coming a day earlier.

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In December 2018, a special FEC session was convened on a Friday for the consideration and approval of 2019 budget proposal.

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