Nigerian govt condemns absurd passport change process for married women

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Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said that he has noticed many man-made encumbrances regarding change of passport data by Nigerians.

 

The minister described as a ‘stupid thing’ married women being subjected to the rigours of travelling to the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS headquarters in Abuja just to effect a data change.

 

The minister said this at a dinner with members of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ABAT Media Centre and some social media influencers in Abuja.

 

Tunji-Ojo said there is nowhere in the world where women are subjected to such inhuman practice on account of marriage.

 

“There is one stupid thing I have seen and it is that a woman gets married, changes her name and then she has to come to Abuja all the way from say Kaura Namoda or Enugu just to come and effect a change of name in her passport. It is absurd.

 

“I can’t just figure it that you want to change just your name and you have to be in Abuja. I have asked the immigration people, is it that immigration people in Abuja have more tha

Lawal AbdulSalam Olawale

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