Nigerian Govt. Launches Temporary Passport For Nigerians In Diaspora

*Says Travel Document Designed For A One-Way Travel To
Nigeria Only
*Says Document Replaces The Emergency Travel Certificate
(ETC)

The federal government on Tuesday launched the Nigerian
Temporary Passport (NTP) for Nigerians in the diaspora.

Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, spearheaded the launch at
the headquarters of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in
Abuja.

Aregbesola said the NTP is a new genre of passport that will be
issued at Nigerian embassies and high commissions to Nigerians who
want to return home but whose national passport is not
available.

According to him, the NTP is a travel document designed for a
one-way travel to Nigeria only.

He said the new document replaces the Emergency Travel
Certificate (ETC) which is issued to Nigerians to return home in
emergency situations in the case of loss or misplacement of their
passport.

Aregbesola said the temporary passport is ICAO compliant and it
is valid for only 30 days before the date of travel.

He added that it does not in any way serve as a replacement for
the Nigerian passport

Speaking on the development, Muhammad Babandede,
comptroller-general of the NIS, said the ETC posed a huge security
threat to Nigeria and the global community because “it was an
ordinary paper devoid of necessary security features of a travel
document”.

He said the temporary passport is a catalyst to Nigeria’s desire
for effective identity management as it has a chip and surface
personalisation,”which is an enhancement of the current Electronic
Passport Management System (EPMS)”.

*Says Travel Document Designed For A One-Way Travel To
Nigeria Only
*Says Document Replaces The Emergency Travel Certificate
(ETC)

The federal government on Tuesday launched the Nigerian
Temporary Passport (NTP) for Nigerians in the diaspora.

Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, spearheaded the launch at
the headquarters of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in
Abuja.

Aregbesola said the NTP is a new genre of passport that will be
issued at Nigerian embassies and high commissions to Nigerians who
want to return home but whose national passport is not
available.

According to him, the NTP is a travel document designed for a
one-way travel to Nigeria only.

He said the new document replaces the Emergency Travel
Certificate (ETC) which is issued to Nigerians to return home in
emergency situations in the case of loss or misplacement of their
passport.

Aregbesola said the temporary passport is ICAO compliant and it
is valid for only 30 days before the date of travel.

He added that it does not in any way serve as a replacement for
the Nigerian passport

Speaking on the development, Muhammad Babandede,
comptroller-general of the NIS, said the ETC posed a huge security
threat to Nigeria and the global community because “it was an
ordinary paper devoid of necessary security features of a travel
document”.

He said the temporary passport is a catalyst to Nigeria’s desire
for effective identity management as it has a chip and surface
personalisation,”which is an enhancement of the current Electronic
Passport Management System (EPMS)”.