Nigeria House of Reps warns against rushed biometric passport domestication project

Nigeria’s lower chamber of Parliament (House of Representatives) has warned that the federal government risks incurring huge financial cost should it proceed with the termination of a current contract for the production of 10 million biometric passports for Nigerians.

An estimated 22 billion Naira (US$47.5 million) will be required to replace the existing passport infrastructure run by the current contractor if the government wants to take over the production process.

This is part of recommendations contained in a report by …

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