The Federal Government will in May introduce a system online for the tracking and monitoring of passport applications.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said this at the opening of a two-day workshop for Passport Control Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Abuja.
Aregbesola revealed that the Federal Government had concluded plans to launch a system that would lead to minimal interaction between passport applicants and immigration officers.
The minister added that apart from the National Identity Number verification and linking, there should be no other major reason for the delay in issuing passports.