CITIZENS COMPASS —The Nigerian Immigration Service will on Friday, December 1, 2023, open a Passport Front Office in the Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area in Ikorodu, Lagos State. 

The Passport Front Office is situated on Owolabi Sodara Street, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Way, Igbogbo. 

The information has elicited joy among many residents of Igbogbo-Baiyeku who said it will reduce the fatigue usually encountered at passport offices in Lagos State. 

The Passport Control Officer, Nigerian Immigration Service, Igbogbo Passport Officer, Ikorodu, Deputy Comptroller Muyiwa Odunubi, in a telephone conversation disclosed this on Thursday. 

According to him, the new passport front office, will be unveiled around 12.30 p.m.

Odunubi said the facility can sit 200 applicants, adding that it will be a front office for now until full production commences at the facility at a later date.

We have a sitting capacity of about 200 applicants at once. It is a front office as of now. Applicants will do their capturing at the facility and the production will be done at the Ikoyi Passport Office for now,” the PCO said.

While stating that full operations would commence on Monday, December 4, 2023, at the facility, Odunubi said the new passport office already had a staff strength of 30.

He said, “We have more than 30 staff for now. We will bring more as time goes on, depending on where we may have lapses.”

He commended the monarch of Igbogbo, the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo Kingdom, Oba Semiudeen Kasali, the chiefs as well as members of the Igbogbo Development Association for their support in making the vision of having a passport office in the area a reality.

“The community has tried their best to embrace us and to assist the government in their own little way to establish this passport office. 

“The kabiyesi has been a wonderful royal father. The chiefs too have been very supportive, so also is the leadership of IDEA,” Odunubi added.

He appealed for more support for the office for the smooth running of its operations.