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| 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.
