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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by midnighter(f): 10:20pm On Mar 27, 2019
Sorry sad
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by seborrhic: 10:23pm On Mar 27, 2019
That scam in Aso Rock said he was coming to fight corruption.
In all ministries and parastatals,nothing has changed.
In many others it's even worse.Corruption is now a mainstay,whereas even during the much maligned GEJ government,your post or noise on radio or social media would see right things done.Now nobody even sends you again.You can't complain on radio without being censured or blacked out,and your post on social media is simply overlooked.This is how terrible Nigeria has become.
Worst scam ever visited on Nigeria is Buhari.

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by lexy2014: 10:26pm On Mar 27, 2019
otokx:
That was how I made mistake of renewing my drivers licence online, the rest is history.

Nigerian civil servants can frustrate the public that don't want to pay bribe.

And Buhari is fighting corruption in d judiciary whereas his own executive arm is far worse

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Adexvivacity(m): 10:27pm On Mar 27, 2019
Am lucky to have done mine for 17800 myself. I did it in december but collected it in January due to holidays......
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by blazer2018: 10:28pm On Mar 27, 2019
It so sad the kinda of country we live in.

If you are willing to cough out 45K, u will get ur passport within 48hrs...that's d way it works...it isn't right...but it is what it is...on that 17,500, my brother, u might wait till eternity...i hope u don't miss this opportunity...My piece of advise, if this competition means a lot to u, please do the needful, don't allow the system deprive u of this potential once in a life time opportunity.

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Nobody: 10:29pm On Mar 27, 2019
but to be sincere bro, u caused it. U call ur village afonjas nd started telling them u are traveling out, then what do u expect from them.

My advice is for u to kidnap the comptroller for 5hrs and see if ur passport won't be out or beta still do it in the old ways(use money to run the normal tin).
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by lexy2014: 10:29pm On Mar 27, 2019
Ekugbeh:
Hehehe.... i do tell people that the civil s3rviceb is d most corrupt set of mofos

And Buhari left them to b fighting d CJN all in d name of anti-corruption

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Nobody: 10:30pm On Mar 27, 2019
guy if u are serious.. travel down to abuja
..go straight to Ahmed isa..redio station ...ask anyone for abj..nobody wey no knw him...conplain to him ..am assuring you. wlh!.. ur passpost will be ready..within two days.....that is the only thing you go do oooh.. i bet u na millions the await you for that amelica....

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Nobody: 10:32pm On Mar 27, 2019
You need the passport for extremely important purpose I would have advised that you secure a good lawyer and sue The Nigeria Immigration if you have the financial means. At least, to teach them a lesson and make a form of social change
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by emmanuelpopson(m): 10:33pm On Mar 27, 2019
corruption begets corruption.... that is why the country can never move forward.. from civil servants to pastors to imams... bus conductor to market woman to artisans.. it's worrisome... Nigeria may not get it right with this attitude...thw coming generation have watched and are more perfect in this game...

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Lovexme(m): 10:35pm On Mar 27, 2019
I captured on the 30th of January at Alausa passport office. March is almost over and all I got was there's no booklet/paper. I paid 30k and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't really, really disappointed.

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by stifej: 10:39pm On Mar 27, 2019
And the Motherfucker OP copied this story from my friends facebook page without even giving credit to the actual source
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Lukgaf(m): 10:41pm On Mar 27, 2019
Please let us escalate this to appropriate authority. Tweet this on twitter and tag federal government, effc and Nigeria immigration

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by mayana69: 10:45pm On Mar 27, 2019
Ova u shld av just paid d 30k no time ......
SageTravels:
Do you have a passport? A Nigerian Passport? Congratulations!

You are one of the lucky few who have endured the torment of queuing up for hours, days, weeks and sometimes months to secure a passport for the official fee of N17,800.

If you don’t have the patience for queues and weeks of meaningless visits, paying an official as much as N40,000 will guarantee you get your passport the same day or at most, in 3 days (depending on the state).

Apparently, I thought I could “do it on my own”. I made the grievous error of paying for my passport renewal online on January 4, 2019. Here is a quick rundown of how the immigration service has frustrated my life.

January 4:

Paid for Passport renewal online (a big mistake as not paying in cash and paying through your nose means your passport renewal/procurement process can take forever).

February 19:

I went to submit my old passport at the Oyo state command, and filled some forms. I was not told a capture was needed. I was only told to come back next week.

March 1:

I went to ask about my passport. Told to come back next week.

March 4:

Visited: no booklet, no passport.

March 6:

Visited and accidentally learned I needed to be captured (it was my first renewal ever). After nearly six hours of waiting, I was captured (picture taken and biodata captured on the portal). As I would later learn, allowing them to capture me when they were already complaining about booklet scarcity was another mistake because once you are captured, you cannot cancel or transfer to another state.

March 11:

Visited: no booklet, no passport.

March 13:

Visited, no booklet, no passport. I met with several officials who advised I meet with the Comptroller. I did meet and He asked me to meet with the official in charge. He was not on seat. The very next day, someone else was occupying the same seat and He did not attend to my request. Meanwhile, a friend told me his brother secured a passport at the Oyo state command within 4 days after paying N27,000.

March 15:

Visited, no booklet, no passport.

March 20:

Visited, no booklet, no passport.

March 25:

Visited twice. On my first visit, the officer I met told me they were attending to backlogs. No time for my passport. The comptroller was on his way out, I could not meet him. I went back by 3:30pm. He told me the person in charge is not on seat, I should check back when He returns. I asked another official who told me the said official had travelled for a marriage ceremony in faraway Kano. Another official asked me the Church I attend, and advised I start praying and fasting. Another official asked me to take my grievances to Servicom. Yet another official encouraged me to take to twitter.

In between these visits, I made countless phone calls to friends, family and immigration officials asking for help. Nothing has worked.

Why do I need my passport badly?

I have been selected as one of the top 24 entrepreneurs in the world with game-changing social enterprise ideas in the GIST TECH-I competition organized by the US Department of State. My flight is booked for April 13. Hotel booked. But I have no Visa. Why? I have no passport. I have also been selected as a Mandela Washington Fellow. I also need to submit my passport by the 27th of March (for Mandela Washington fellowship) and 28th of March (to process my Bahrain Visa).

Every time I visit the Oyo state command, I take along documents, explaining how I am going to be representing Nigeria in Bahrain for GIST TECH-I and why I need my passport badly. It seems I have been speaking Greek and the immigration service has left me no choice but to cry out to Nigerians to save me.

I have a few questions for the Comptroller General and the Comptroller in Charge of Oyo State:

Why is the immigration service always running out of booklets & dealing with backlogs?

Why are immigration officials immune to deadlines & genuine emergencies?

Why must an entire command stand still because an official is not around?

Why must I need to know someone who knows someone before I can secure my passport?

Why do I need to pay 2X or 3X the official rate before I secure my passport?

Why do I need to pray and fast, trend on twitter or write a diary such as this before I get my passport?

I have deadlines looming.

I am a law abiding citizen. No criminal records.

I am travelling to make Nigeria proud.

Immigration service, give me my Passport.


https://www.sagetravels.com/the-challenges-extreme-ways-of-getting-nigeria-passport/


Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by LifeDrama: 10:45pm On Mar 27, 2019
SageTravels:
Do you have a passport? A Nigerian Passport? Congratulations!

You are one of the lucky few who have endured the torment of queuing up for hours, days, weeks and sometimes months to secure a passport for the official fee of N17,800.

If you don’t have the patience for queues and weeks of meaningless visits, paying an official as much as N40,000 will guarantee you get your passport the same day or at most, in 3 days (depending on the state).

Apparently, I thought I could “do it on my own”. I made the grievous error of paying for my passport renewal online on January 4, 2019. Here is a quick rundown of how the immigration service has frustrated my life.

January 4:

Paid for Passport renewal online (a big mistake as not paying in cash and paying through your nose means your passport renewal/procurement process can take forever).

February 19:

I went to submit my old passport at the Oyo state command, and filled some forms. I was not told a capture was needed. I was only told to come back next week.

March 1:

I went to ask about my passport. Told to come back next week.

March 4:

Visited: no booklet, no passport.

March 6:

Visited and accidentally learned I needed to be captured (it was my first renewal ever). After nearly six hours of waiting, I was captured (picture taken and biodata captured on the portal). As I would later learn, allowing them to capture me when they were already complaining about booklet scarcity was another mistake because once you are captured, you cannot cancel or transfer to another state.

March 11:

Visited: no booklet, no passport.

March 13:

Visited, no booklet, no passport. I met with several officials who advised I meet with the Comptroller. I did meet and He asked me to meet with the official in charge. He was not on seat. The very next day, someone else was occupying the same seat and He did not attend to my request. Meanwhile, a friend told me his brother secured a passport at the Oyo state command within 4 days after paying N27,000.

March 15:

Visited, no booklet, no passport.

March 20:

Visited, no booklet, no passport.

March 25:

Visited twice. On my first visit, the officer I met told me they were attending to backlogs. No time for my passport. The comptroller was on his way out, I could not meet him. I went back by 3:30pm. He told me the person in charge is not on seat, I should check back when He returns. I asked another official who told me the said official had travelled for a marriage ceremony in faraway Kano. Another official asked me the Church I attend, and advised I start praying and fasting. Another official asked me to take my grievances to Servicom. Yet another official encouraged me to take to twitter.

In between these visits, I made countless phone calls to friends, family and immigration officials asking for help. Nothing has worked.

Why do I need my passport badly?

I have been selected as one of the top 24 entrepreneurs in the world with game-changing social enterprise ideas in the GIST TECH-I competition organized by the US Department of State. My flight is booked for April 13. Hotel booked. But I have no Visa. Why? I have no passport. I have also been selected as a Mandela Washington Fellow. I also need to submit my passport by the 27th of March (for Mandela Washington fellowship) and 28th of March (to process my Bahrain Visa).

Every time I visit the Oyo state command, I take along documents, explaining how I am going to be representing Nigeria in Bahrain for GIST TECH-I and why I need my passport badly. It seems I have been speaking Greek and the immigration service has left me no choice but to cry out to Nigerians to save me.

I have a few questions for the Comptroller General and the Comptroller in Charge of Oyo State:

Why is the immigration service always running out of booklets & dealing with backlogs?

Why are immigration officials immune to deadlines & genuine emergencies?

Why must an entire command stand still because an official is not around?

Why must I need to know someone who knows someone before I can secure my passport?

Why do I need to pay 2X or 3X the official rate before I secure my passport?

Why do I need to pray and fast, trend on twitter or write a diary such as this before I get my passport?

I have deadlines looming.

I am a law abiding citizen. No criminal records.

I am travelling to make Nigeria proud.

Immigration service, give me my Passport.


https://www.sagetravels.com/the-challenges-extreme-ways-of-getting-nigeria-passport/


When you know say you no get passport, why you dey participate on something. I blame you not them
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by LifeDrama: 10:46pm On Mar 27, 2019
stifej:
And the Motherfucker OP copied this story from my friends facebook page without even giving credit to the actual source
Your friend and the OP are mad

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by 9jawindow: 10:49pm On Mar 27, 2019
So sad

SageTravels:
Do you have a passport? A Nigerian Passport? Congratulations!

You are one of the lucky few who have endured the torment of queuing up for hours, days, weeks and sometimes months to secure a passport for the official fee of N17,800.

If you don’t have the patience for queues and weeks of meaningless visits, paying an official as much as N40,000 will guarantee you get your passport the same day or at most, in 3 days (depending on the state).

Apparently, I thought I could “do it on my own”. I made the grievous error of paying for my passport renewal online on January 4, 2019. Here is a quick rundown of how the immigration service has frustrated my life.

January 4:

Paid for Passport renewal online (a big mistake as not paying in cash and paying through your nose means your passport renewal/procurement process can take forever).

February 19:

I went to submit my old passport at the Oyo state command, and filled some forms. I was not told a capture was needed. I was only told to come back next week.

March 1:

I went to ask about my passport. Told to come back next week.

March 4:

Visited: no booklet, no passport.

March 6:

Visited and accidentally learned I needed to be captured (it was my first renewal ever). After nearly six hours of waiting, I was captured (picture taken and biodata captured on the portal). As I would later learn, allowing them to capture me when they were already complaining about booklet scarcity was another mistake because once you are captured, you cannot cancel or transfer to another state.

March 11:

Visited: no booklet, no passport.

March 13:

Visited, no booklet, no passport. I met with several officials who advised I meet with the Comptroller. I did meet and He asked me to meet with the official in charge. He was not on seat. The very next day, someone else was occupying the same seat and He did not attend to my request. Meanwhile, a friend told me his brother secured a passport at the Oyo state command within 4 days after paying N27,000.

March 15:

Visited, no booklet, no passport.

March 20:

Visited, no booklet, no passport.

March 25:

Visited twice. On my first visit, the officer I met told me they were attending to backlogs. No time for my passport. The comptroller was on his way out, I could not meet him. I went back by 3:30pm. He told me the person in charge is not on seat, I should check back when He returns. I asked another official who told me the said official had travelled for a marriage ceremony in faraway Kano. Another official asked me the Church I attend, and advised I start praying and fasting. Another official asked me to take my grievances to Servicom. Yet another official encouraged me to take to twitter.

In between these visits, I made countless phone calls to friends, family and immigration officials asking for help. Nothing has worked.

Why do I need my passport badly?

I have been selected as one of the top 24 entrepreneurs in the world with game-changing social enterprise ideas in the GIST TECH-I competition organized by the US Department of State. My flight is booked for April 13. Hotel booked. But I have no Visa. Why? I have no passport. I have also been selected as a Mandela Washington Fellow. I also need to submit my passport by the 27th of March (for Mandela Washington fellowship) and 28th of March (to process my Bahrain Visa).

Every time I visit the Oyo state command, I take along documents, explaining how I am going to be representing Nigeria in Bahrain for GIST TECH-I and why I need my passport badly. It seems I have been speaking Greek and the immigration service has left me no choice but to cry out to Nigerians to save me.

I have a few questions for the Comptroller General and the Comptroller in Charge of Oyo State:

Why is the immigration service always running out of booklets & dealing with backlogs?

Why are immigration officials immune to deadlines & genuine emergencies?

Why must an entire command stand still because an official is not around?

Why must I need to know someone who knows someone before I can secure my passport?

Why do I need to pay 2X or 3X the official rate before I secure my passport?

Why do I need to pray and fast, trend on twitter or write a diary such as this before I get my passport?

I have deadlines looming.

I am a law abiding citizen. No criminal records.

I am travelling to make Nigeria proud.

Immigration service, give me my Passport.


https://www.sagetravels.com/the-challenges-extreme-ways-of-getting-nigeria-passport/


Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by GabrielYulaw(m): 10:53pm On Mar 27, 2019
SageTravels:
Do you have a passport? A Nigerian Passport? Congratulations!

You are one of the lucky few who have endured the torment of queuing up for hours, days, weeks and sometimes months to secure a passport for the official fee of N17,800.

If you don’t have the patience for queues and weeks of meaningless visits, paying an official as much as N40,000 will guarantee you get your passport the same day or at most, in 3 days (depending on the state).

Apparently, I thought I could “do it on my own”. I made the grievous error of paying for my passport renewal online on January 4, 2019. Here is a quick rundown of how the immigration service has frustrated my life.

January 4:

Paid for Passport renewal online (a big mistake as not paying in cash and paying through your nose means your passport renewal/procurement process can take forever).

February 19:

I went to submit my old passport at the Oyo state command, and filled some forms. I was not told a capture was needed. I was only told to come back next week.

March 1:

I went to ask about my passport. Told to come back next week.

March 4:

Visited: no booklet, no passport.

March 6:

Visited and accidentally learned I needed to be captured (it was my first renewal ever). After nearly six hours of waiting, I was captured (picture taken and biodata captured on the portal). As I would later learn, allowing them to capture me when they were already complaining about booklet scarcity was another mistake because once you are captured, you cannot cancel or transfer to another state.

March 11:

Visited: no booklet, no passport.

March 13:

Visited, no booklet, no passport. I met with several officials who advised I meet with the Comptroller. I did meet and He asked me to meet with the official in charge. He was not on seat. The very next day, someone else was occupying the same seat and He did not attend to my request. Meanwhile, a friend told me his brother secured a passport at the Oyo state command within 4 days after paying N27,000.

March 15:

Visited, no booklet, no passport.

March 20:

Visited, no booklet, no passport.

March 25:

Visited twice. On my first visit, the officer I met told me they were attending to backlogs. No time for my passport. The comptroller was on his way out, I could not meet him. I went back by 3:30pm. He told me the person in charge is not on seat, I should check back when He returns. I asked another official who told me the said official had travelled for a marriage ceremony in faraway Kano. Another official asked me the Church I attend, and advised I start praying and fasting. Another official asked me to take my grievances to Servicom. Yet another official encouraged me to take to twitter.

In between these visits, I made countless phone calls to friends, family and immigration officials asking for help. Nothing has worked.

Why do I need my passport badly?

I have been selected as one of the top 24 entrepreneurs in the world with game-changing social enterprise ideas in the GIST TECH-I competition organized by the US Department of State. My flight is booked for April 13. Hotel booked. But I have no Visa. Why? I have no passport. I have also been selected as a Mandela Washington Fellow. I also need to submit my passport by the 27th of March (for Mandela Washington fellowship) and 28th of March (to process my Bahrain Visa).

Every time I visit the Oyo state command, I take along documents, explaining how I am going to be representing Nigeria in Bahrain for GIST TECH-I and why I need my passport badly. It seems I have been speaking Greek and the immigration service has left me no choice but to cry out to Nigerians to save me.

I have a few questions for the Comptroller General and the Comptroller in Charge of Oyo State:

Why is the immigration service always running out of booklets & dealing with backlogs?

Why are immigration officials immune to deadlines & genuine emergencies?

Why must an entire command stand still because an official is not around?

Why must I need to know someone who knows someone before I can secure my passport?

Why do I need to pay 2X or 3X the official rate before I secure my passport?

Why do I need to pray and fast, trend on twitter or write a diary such as this before I get my passport?

I have deadlines looming.

I am a law abiding citizen. No criminal records.

I am travelling to make Nigeria proud.

Immigration service, give me my Passport.


https://www.sagetravels.com/the-challenges-extreme-ways-of-getting-nigeria-passport/


Two years ago I needed a passport for identification issues. Got mine at Awka within a month and it cost around 34k smiley
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Crowngozy: 10:54pm On Mar 27, 2019
klever18:
fake news

I wonder how this got to fp
I know the guy. It is not fake news please.
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Nobody: 10:57pm On Mar 27, 2019
Only you GIST TECH-I and Mandela Washington Fellowship, bruh you really need to go and appease the powers from the village, this one is not ordinary sad
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by nwakibie3(m): 11:01pm On Mar 27, 2019
OkaNaUbe:


I learnt that NIS was out of booklet recently.

This is Nigeria. If the guy had paid 27-35k, he would have gotten his passport within a week.

So where will the the said scarce booklet come from after paying the 27-30k

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by PRAGMATISM(m): 11:01pm On Mar 27, 2019
So sad. The scenario might have turned out to be kobo wise, Naira foolish but sometimes it worth it at least to achieve your target. Funny enough even here in United states corruption exist ( so "erin o yato, titi de ilu ebo").
I did mine as well 3 years ago at the same Ibadan office for #81,000 (27k each) and got them in less than a week. So paying same amount years later isn't bad in as much you succeeded using it for the purpose.
As a matter of fact renewal here is $250 so is still cheaper.
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by teejona(m): 11:06pm On Mar 27, 2019
SageTravels:
Do you have a passport? A Nigerian Passport? Congratulations!

You are one of the lucky few who have endured the torment of queuing up for hours, days, weeks and sometimes months to secure a passport for the official fee of N17,800.

If you don’t have the patience for queues and weeks of meaningless visits, paying an official as much as N40,000 will guarantee you get your passport the same day or at most, in 3 days (depending on the state).

Apparently, I thought I could “do it on my own”. I made the grievous error of paying for my passport renewal online on January 4, 2019. Here is a quick rundown of how the immigration service has frustrated my life.

January 4:

Paid for Passport renewal online (a big mistake as not paying in cash and paying through your nose means your passport renewal/procurement process can take forever).

February 19:

I went to submit my old passport at the Oyo state command, and filled some forms. I was not told a capture was needed. I was only told to come back next week.

March 1:

I went to ask about my passport. Told to come back next week.

March 4:

Visited: no booklet, no passport.

March 6:

Visited and accidentally learned I needed to be captured (it was my first renewal ever). After nearly six hours of waiting, I was captured (picture taken and biodata captured on the portal). As I would later learn, allowing them to capture me when they were already complaining about booklet scarcity was another mistake because once you are captured, you cannot cancel or transfer to another state.

March 11:

Visited: no booklet, no passport.

March 13:

Visited, no booklet, no passport. I met with several officials who advised I meet with the Comptroller. I did meet and He asked me to meet with the official in charge. He was not on seat. The very next day, someone else was occupying the same seat and He did not attend to my request. Meanwhile, a friend told me his brother secured a passport at the Oyo state command within 4 days after paying N27,000.

March 15:

Visited, no booklet, no passport.

March 20:

Visited, no booklet, no passport.

March 25:

Visited twice. On my first visit, the officer I met told me they were attending to backlogs. No time for my passport. The comptroller was on his way out, I could not meet him. I went back by 3:30pm. He told me the person in charge is not on seat, I should check back when He returns. I asked another official who told me the said official had travelled for a marriage ceremony in faraway Kano. Another official asked me the Church I attend, and advised I start praying and fasting. Another official asked me to take my grievances to Servicom. Yet another official encouraged me to take to twitter.

In between these visits, I made countless phone calls to friends, family and immigration officials asking for help. Nothing has worked.

Why do I need my passport badly?

I have been selected as one of the top 24 entrepreneurs in the world with game-changing social enterprise ideas in the GIST TECH-I competition organized by the US Department of State. My flight is booked for April 13. Hotel booked. But I have no Visa. Why? I have no passport. I have also been selected as a Mandela Washington Fellow. I also need to submit my passport by the 27th of March (for Mandela Washington fellowship) and 28th of March (to process my Bahrain Visa).

Every time I visit the Oyo state command, I take along documents, explaining how I am going to be representing Nigeria in Bahrain for GIST TECH-I and why I need my passport badly. It seems I have been speaking Greek and the immigration service has left me no choice but to cry out to Nigerians to save me.

I have a few questions for the Comptroller General and the Comptroller in Charge of Oyo State:

Why is the immigration service always running out of booklets & dealing with backlogs?

Why are immigration officials immune to deadlines & genuine emergencies?

Why must an entire command stand still because an official is not around?

Why must I need to know someone who knows someone before I can secure my passport?

Why do I need to pay 2X or 3X the official rate before I secure my passport?

Why do I need to pray and fast, trend on twitter or write a diary such as this before I get my passport?

I have deadlines looming.

I am a law abiding citizen. No criminal records.

I am travelling to make Nigeria proud.

Immigration service, give me my Passport.


https://www.sagetravels.com/the-challenges-extreme-ways-of-getting-nigeria-passport/




Bross wahala dey for this country o.... I paid 33k and I got my passport the next day
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by BillGoldberg: 11:16pm On Mar 27, 2019
GabrielYulaw:

Two years ago I needed a passport for identification issues. Got mine at Awka within a month and it cost around 34k smiley

I paid 37k total at Command headquarters Awka just two days ago! They told me to come back in 2 weeks! Said there is no paper! Funny enough, I sent the money to an individuals account same with .everybody there. Once you enter, they will assign an immigration officer to you that you will bargain price with as if its a market place. Tufiakwa! Nigeria is such a useless entity! Why is everything about this worthless nation so bad? Why are we endemically corrupt? And if I clamour for Biafra now where we can set our own rules, people will get angry!

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Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by kingsol92: 11:17pm On Mar 27, 2019
I did my own at ikoyi passport office last year ,I applied on 10th Oct and collected it on 22 DEC after I don' pay another bribe of 5 k, notwithstanding that I paid 28k initially ,ifact even the day I collected it I pay 2 different officers 1k each , people full there like sand wet never collect their own, some applied since last 6 months, this country is a shithole bro ,just go and package like 5 k and meet any top immigration officer there ,beg him to help you ,before 3 days you'll collect it I bet you ,just give them bribe that is Nigeria for you
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Paddybaci: 11:25pm On Mar 27, 2019
So sorry for you... since you needed dis passport badly u would have given dem little peppers � na. U want travel abroad and u no want drop something ����
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by sweetilicious(f): 11:25pm On Mar 27, 2019
Olalan:
Thou what happens in most of the immigration offices is abnormal it is wise to go to a state with less population, thou you might pay 30k but you are likely to get your passport in a day.
I paid 36k totally for mine.
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by optimusprime2(m): 11:48pm On Mar 27, 2019
Wait till you apply for a passport renewal at either the Nigerian embassy in Canada, Ireland or Turkey...
Then you'd know indeed, that Nigeria is in a screwed up situation.
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by riches4me(m): 12:19am On Mar 28, 2019
klever18:
fake news



I wonder how this got to fp
Aiye e ma ba je ni. were
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Yseone(m): 12:27am On Mar 28, 2019
KendrickAyomide:
Mark my word

THIS COUNTRY NO FIT BETA

It can never be...I'm a Nigerian by Birth but i can deny this shithole within a twinkle of an eye.
Lubbish
Re: Praying, Fasting, Whistle-blowing & Extreme Ways To Secure The Nigerian Passport by Lucentino: 12:35am On Mar 28, 2019
Common passport that I got between 24 hours na him you dey suffer to get like this, common go to makurdi command and get your passport within 10 hours

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