Nigeria opens borders for citizens with expired passports

The Nigerian government has thrown its borers open to enable the citizens with  expired passports to return to  the country.

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Wura-Ola Adepoju in a 22nd December 2023 letter by Foreign Affairs Minister , Yusuf Tuggar asked that Nigerians “be admitted into the country with their expired Nigerian passports”.

She said:“I am directed to refer to the above subject matter and to inform you that the Federal Government of Nigeria in her efforts to make life easy for Nigerians in the diaspora has approved that all Nigerians returning home can be admitted into the country with their expired Nigerian passports.

“I am further directed to inform airlines coming to Nigeria to allow holders of Nigeria expired passports to board without let.

“In furtherance to the foregoing, all Nigeria Embassies and High Commissions are advised to give this directive the highest publicity it deserves.

“Consequent upon the above, all entry/exit points are by the copy of this letter directed to open a help desk for all Nigerians in this category and directed same to passport offices where their passports will be reissued within a maximum of two (2) weeks.”