haa when we have many professional printers you collect our tax, tap N/delta oil take all the money give to one yeye jihadist Nigeria is really a shit hole country.

God will help Nigeria

I see why there are no passport booklets. You'll have to pay for vip before you get one

OGUN KILL NIGERIA. Imagine when you have applied for your own country's passport for good 6months. And you are yet to receive it.

This country is a big Joke

ivandragon:
This piece is dubiously written & seems to be an attempt to redirect the blame for the present scarcity of Nigerian passports to other sources rather than the fact that it is this present administration that is incompetent.

How can the contract be almost for life when it is clearly stated that it has been renewed about 3 times?

While it is good that Nigerian passports be produced locally, it is the dubious nature & poor planning culture of this administration that has led to scarcity of passports & not because of the existing contract.

STNL has a contract to produce about 6m passports & while the exact number of passports produced so far is debatable (about 4m+), the contract cannot be said to be unfavorable (except in the sense that we should produce passports locally) or for life.

This administration is piss-poor when it comes to planning & implementation but always prefers to blame others for its incompetence.

The solution is simple, allow the existing contract run its course or mandate STNL to produce the balance passports within a specific timeframe or payoff STNL for the balance of passports yet to be printed... How hard can it be?

Just hope and pray that your passport is not about to expire during this period... this country is an embodiment of frustration and depression ...

defcon4:
If a contract has no end date, then automatically that agreement is null and void. An essential component of a contact is start and end date / duration.

Lawyers in the house

No wander that for the past three months Passports submitted are idle but only for the highest bidders.
Shameless people everywhere.

defcon4:
If a contract has no end date, then automatically that agreement is null and void. An essential component of a contact is start and end date / duration.

Lawyers in the house

read very well and you will understand the contract is for a specific number of passport.
The APC government always know how to hide the fact from people like you.

One prominent politician is waiting to get the contract to print the booklet for twice the original amount.

see food for politicians

Pavore9:
"An impeccable source said the Federal Government was facing serious legal challenges terminating the contracts which had no terminal date"........Who signed that contract in 2003 with no terminal date, so they were to print the Nigerian passport till Nigeria ceases to exist?

They were asked to produce a specific number of passport, is that not a terminal date?

WHAT A COUNTRY!

aspabay:
Previous governments like in other cases have signed contracts that put Nigeria in a difficult position. Thank God that the current administration is trying hard to untangle all these legal brouhaha.

This government is not getting enough credit for the good things it s doing.

Don’t blame the previous government, read between the lines, you can’t sign contract without a terminal date or renewal date.

The govt is lying “impeccable source “ they have 2 options of termination, time and volume , which ever comes first. Read again

One day one trouble government

It shall not be well with our politicians... How can you give such such delicate responsibility to another country.... Even without ending date?

deji17:
Previous PDP govt really did a lot of damage to this country.

Yeah, according to this blame game story to cover up glaring incompetence.
Oya, clap for yasef.

AK481:
Don’t blame the previous government, read between the lines, you can’t sign contract without a terminal date or renewal date.

The govt is lying “impeccable source “ they have 2 options of termination, time and volume , which ever comes first. Read again

If most Nigerians could read and understand in a critical context, will we have incompetence ruining our country from the local government upwards and even the private sector

justosee:

They were asked to produce a specific number of passport, is that not a terminal date?

Volume/quantity to be produced within a period, the essentials of a valid contract.
Please note!

Money for the this contract is enough to import the equipment required for local production

This administration is a joke,a booklet cost them less than a thousand naira,and they will give us at 45k Naira,even at that they still complain no booklets. Since you don't produce locally,you keep your contract running until you establish one. How difficult is that? They keep disgracing them selves there.

aspabay:


You obviously did not read the post at all.

Keep blaming Buhari if it makes you happy.

Blaming PMB doesn't make me happy but neither does his incompetence. But if you are ok with his rudderless & incompetent style of administration, that's your problem.

We have leaders who are only interested in making money for themselves and not concerned about the interest of the country.

Why give this as contract to a private company when the government has a parastatal that can do a clean and better job?

We have the NSPMC (Nigerian security printing and minting company) in charge of documents with securities including our currency notes but then, all in the name of being wasteful, self interest and corruption, this company was abandoned just to carry out their corrupt practices and enrich their pockets.

NSPMC has the capacity and have been doing all these printings many years ago.

I weep for my country. It is so sad. How did we get to this?

ivandragon:
This piece is dubiously written & seems to be an attempt to redirect the blame for the present scarcity of Nigerian passports to other sources rather than the fact that it is this present administration that is incompetent.

How can the contract be almost for life when it is clearly stated that it has been renewed about 3 times?

While it is good that Nigerian passports be produced locally, it is the dubious nature & poor planning culture of this administration that has led to scarcity of passports & not because of the existing contract.

STNL has a contract to produce about 6m passports & while the exact number of passports produced so far is debatable (about 4m+), the contract cannot be said to be unfavorable (except in the sense that we should produce passports locally) or for life.

This administration is piss-poor when it comes to planning & implementation but always prefers to blame others for its incompetence.

The solution is simple, allow the existing contract run its course or mandate STNL to produce the balance passports within a specific timeframe or payoff STNL for the balance of passports yet to be printed... How hard can it be?

Someone somewhere is surely asking for share and that's why all these plus when local production start, then you will know that Nigeria is a failed state, unit price is less than 700 naira currently but when local production start, expect it to be over 1k naira

Wahala

So Buharis ineptitude is also behind the passport booklet scarcity? Can that man ever get anything right ?

tumababa:


Just hope and pray that your passport is not about to expire during this period... this country is an embodiment of frustration and depression ...

It's just terrible.

This administration is fond of talking without planning.

They quickly come out to say what everyone wants to hear without doing due diligence. How can they say they want to immediately start producing passports locally without taking into consideration any existing arrangements?

Pavore9:
"An impeccable source said the Federal Government was facing serious legal challenges terminating the contracts which had no terminal date"........Who signed that contract in 2003 with no terminal date, so they were to print the Nigerian passport till Nigeria ceases to exist?

They were like, so these oyibo people will print passport for free? They will even bring in their own money to start issuing passport at no cost to the government? Let’s use them . See where e land them. Awoof Dey purge belle

Nauttyprof:
We have leaders who are only interested in making money for themselves and not concerned about the interest of the country.

Why give this as contract to a private company when the government has a parastatal that can do a clean and better job?

We have the NSPMC (Nigerian security printing and minting company) in charge of documents with securities including our currency notes but then, all in the name of being wasteful, self interest and corruption, this company was abandoned just to carry out their corrupt practices and enrich their pockets.

NSPMC has the capacity and have been doing all these printings many years ago.

I weep for my country. It is so sad. How did we get to this?

Thank you my brother like i always say there are still lot of intelligent people on these forum, that all i will say. Some people will not just ready but ready to twist everything. Some people gave out a mad contract to put the country into a nig mess cos of thier greed and cut and some people and saying trash.

Here’s my take on this, and I would like young Nigerians to bear in mind that not everything is black n white. There are grey areas to this.

ISTL was registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission on 20th May 2003 to help the country produce the e-passport.

With Obasanjo’s influence, the company entered into a Public Private Partnership, PPP, with the Federal Government for the upgrading of Nigerian passport to e-passport.

The partnership ensured that the company designed, installed, operated and maintained the complete database system at its own expense and recouped the cost of investment as well as make a profit through the issuance of the passport.

The NIS on the other hand would provide the officials to register applicants, issue passports and deal with Nigerians on all issues relating to the passport.

Obj signed it, Yar'Adua administration implemented.

Now here’s were the Nigerian corruption factor came in. The first contract with ISTL did not include the printing of the passport booklets. The initial contract was for MINT (Nigeria Security Printing & Minting PLC) to produce the passport booklet while ISTL would provide the technical security component consisting of the chip and laminated data page.

However, through maneuverings by ISTL and government officials, they signed a second contract with the FG to supply the entire passport, including the booklet, taking away the job from MINT!

Now the Federal Executive Council extended the ISTL contract for another 4 years in May 2015. There are two of these e-passports BTW, one is a 32 page booklet and the other (which we no dey ever see) a 64page booklet.

Moreover, the contract has had its time elapsed without the job being fulfilled (it was supposed to be 100k passports supplied every month for 3years). Instead immediately ISTL was awarded the job, it’s parent company in Malaysia increased the cost of supply which the govt refused to accept.

The idea was a laudable one, but each successive administration has had questionable characters as Ministers of Interior since then.

There are many reasons for this government to have terminated the initial contract without fear of legal proceedings against it, so Nigerians should ask the current Min. Of Interior Aregbesola what is going on.

Oluolad86:
Please help me with free treatment with a cardiologist, kindly confirm my case, I'm in Ibadan for any confirmation please

please help a sister.

seguno2:


Volume/quantity to be produced within a period, the essentials of a valid contract.
Please note!

Maybe you should read the article before trying to blame past government with APC twisted headline.

defcon4:
If a contract has no end date, then automatically that agreement is null and void. An essential component of a contact is start and end date / duration.

Lawyers in the house

Don't mind this incompetent government.... Like they don't know what a contract mean, abi na slave contract?

Less than 1000 to produce the booklet we end up paying about 40000 for it when the official price is less than 20000, what a country? The firm should be paid every naira it is owed.

ivandragon:
This piece is dubiously written & seems to be an attempt to redirect the blame for the present scarcity of Nigerian passports to other sources rather than the fact that it is this present administration that is incompetent.

How can the contract be almost for life when it is clearly stated that it has been renewed about 3 times?

While it is good that Nigerian passports be produced locally, it is the dubious nature & poor planning culture of this administration that has led to scarcity of passports & not because of the existing contract.

STNL has a contract to produce about 6m passports & while the exact number of passports produced so far is debatable (about 4m+), the contract cannot be said to be unfavorable (except in the sense that we should produce passports locally) or for life.

This administration is piss-poor when it comes to planning & implementation but always prefers to blame others for its incompetence.

The solution is simple, allow the existing contract run its course or mandate STNL to produce the balance passports within a specific timeframe or payoff STNL for the balance of passports yet to be printed... How hard can it be?

U are partially right. The solution is straight forward but it's not working because of vested interest. First of all, the directive to produce locally is not born out of national interst but the fact that somebody in the administration is eyeing that lucrative contract. And all fingers points to the CBN Governor. That's the hidden truth