Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Yemi Osinbajo has been presented with a new 10-year diplomatic passport by the Nigeria Immigration service.
The passports were reportedly presented by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, and the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mohammed Babandede.
Officials of NIS had earlier captured the biometrics of the president and the vice president shortly before the commencement of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council inside the council chamber of the presidential villa.
Apart from the 10-year validity, the new passport, according to the NIS has enhanced security and is ”weather friendly”.
According to the Immigration Service, the new passport has polycarbonate technology that eliminates damage and that it now saves Nigerians in diaspora the time needed to frequently visit Nigerian embassies for new passports.
It was announced last October by Mr Babandede announced that Nigeria will begin using the new passport by December 2018.
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