The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Muhammad Babandede, has said that plans are underway for the domestication of the production of the Nigerian e-passport.
Mr. Babandede disclosed this on Th inward Abuja when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Interior came on an oversight visit.
He said that the NIS was working circular the clock alongside the back upwards of the federal authorities to kickoff the local production of the e-passports through the Nigerian Security Printing as well as Minting Company Ltd. past times 2018.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the e-passport is currently beingness produced past times Iris Smart Technology Nigeria Ltd. through its nurture company, Iris Corporation based inward Malaysia.
The comptroller-general said that the stair out was to relieve cost, ensure safety of critical information base, as well as create to a greater extent than jobs for Nigerians.
He said that the Minister of Interior had develop a commission comprising critical stakeholders to operate out the modalities as well as implementation of the project.
He said that since at that spot was a subsisting contract presently, all stakeholders including the National Assembly would create got to endure carried along to realise the laudable project.
The Chairman, House Committee on Interior, Adams Jagaba, condemned the purpose of unusual companies for the production of the passport as well as other services.
Mr. Jagaba said the unusual companies “go away alongside to a greater extent than than lxx per cent of the revenue generated from the production of the document acre the federal authorities takes less than xxx per cent. ”
He said the House of Representatives had conducted a populace hearing on the affair as well as explored ways to contrary the ugly trend.
(NAN)