FG Okays 10-Year Validity Period For Passports

NIS Boss, Mohammed Babandede

The Federal Government has approved a 10 - year validity period for Nigerian passports.

This followed a presidential approval to change the face of the e - passport 10 years after it was introduced in the country .

Currently , the passports have a five -year validity period .

The Comptroller- General of Nigerian Immigration Service , Muhammed Babandede, who said this in a report monitored on Channels Tv on Thursday , added that the extended validity period would reduce the stress Nigerians went through every five years to renew their passports.

“One of the reforms he ( President Buhari) has approved is that we would improve the quality , security of our passport booklets.

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I AM A VERY SLOW READER, SAYS BUHARI

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is a “very slow” reader, saying this could be as a result of being an ex-soldier.

Buhari said this during a joint briefing with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa in Abuja on Wednesday.

He was speaking on the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) which Nigeria is yet to become a signatory to.

He said he is still studying the agreement and will soon sign it.

The president said: “I am very careful about what I sign whether it is my cheque book or agreements especially when it involves nations and states. As your president has said, we are so populated and have so many young unemployed citizens and our industries are just coming up.

“So, in trying to guarantee employment, goods and services in our country, we have to be careful with agreements that will compete maybe successfully against our upcoming industries.

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Nigerian Govt Announces Plan to Employ Graduates, Undergraduates

President Buhari

Malam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education on Monday said the ministry was planing to present a proposal to the National Council of State for graduates of education to henceforth be employed on Grade Level 10 of eight.

He said the proposal would also include offering employment to students studying education in tertiary institutions.

Adamu made this disclosure when he received Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger and some members of his cabinet at the Federal Ministry of Education Headquarters in Abuja.

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