Nigerian govt condemns absurd passport change process for married women

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 than one head than those in the states?” He asked.