The Federal Government of Nigeria has published the names of 8,611 Nigerians who are yet to collect their issued passports from the Nigeria Immigrations offices across Nigeria.
The Nigeria Immigration Service published the names on its website with the link shared on its official Twitter handle on Thursday.
The tweets read, “List of all produced Nigerian Passports worldwide that remains uncollected. If you find your name, proceed to the passport office to pick up yours.”
A check on the list by Investogist shows that it consists of surname, first name, other name, passport number and production date.
The service had said over 148,000 passports were awaiting collection nationwide since 2020.
The NIS Public Relations Officer, Anthony Akuneme, had said that some of the owners of the uncollected passports could not be reached by the NIS because incorrect contact details were provided at the point of registration.
He revealed that the Comptroller-General, Isa Idris, had deployed a team of senior officers nationwide to reach the owners of the abandoned passports.
However, he said that the passports whose owners could not be reached at the end of the exercise would not be destroyed as they remain the property of the Federal Government.
Ifunanya Ikueze is an Engineer, Safety Professional, Writer, Investor, Entrepreneur and Educator.
