Nigerians in UK queries Interior Minister over new Passport fast-tracking dissension

In a development that has raised several eyebrows, Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Bunmi Ojo, is in the spotlight yet again, following allegations of practices concerning passport procurement in the United Kingdom.

Before now many people both home and abroad have been applauding the young minister for changing what many thought was unchangeable in that ministry especially where it concerns passport procurement.

What was hitherto  taking several months to obtain a passport, was reduced to a matter of days which got many praising his ingenuity.

Surprisingly, what is coming out from his former base, the United Kingdom at present, is not in anyway near the word pleasant.

It was gathered that the minister through an official communiqué has ordered anyone who is interested in getting an expedited passport processing to be paying an outrageous sum of three hundred dollars ($300).

According to many people who provided documents from Nigerian House in King Charles enclave, people who need urgent passport are contrived to pay the sum in-order to be able to get a passport.

Though, it is believed that it will be understandable even if the charges are high, but, why many are not happy with the minister is that the passport which should ordinarily be easy to procure, has turned to a mirage which takes sometimes more than six months to come out, which gives little or no chance to people who want the passport except the three hundred dollars window.

This is what many are frowning at and they are pointing the accusing fingers to no one but the minister. With this new way, it is looking more like a deliberate game plan to delay the official passport release  in favour of the fast track in order to subject Nigerians in the UK to new misery.

Nigerians in the UK are getting ready to protest what they term as anomaly.