Nigeria’s Ambassador to Germany flags-off novel passport issuance to Nigerians in Germany
Story from Beatrice EARLAND, Bauchi
Nigeria’s Ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, on Thursday flagged off a novel issuance and re-issuance of Nigerian passports in the German city of Cologne.
According to a statement from the Nigerian Embassy in Germany, the initiative came on the heels of the immense difficulties faced by the Nigerian residents in Germany.
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The initiative according to the statement made available to journalists in Bauchi, will be done periodically to reduce the number of Nigerians resident in Germany, seeking new passports or re-issuances.
The passport intervention had 150 children in attendance with multitudes of adults who trooped to the Embassy in order to be part of the epoch-making event.
The statement contained that, “the intervention which is the first of its kind was an impactful medium to save applicants the inconvenience of travelling to Berlin and Frankfurt to renew their passports, the plans by the Nigerian Embassy in Germany is to also take the initiative to other German cities”.
The Ambassador added that Nigerian citizens in Germany in need of a passport should be without one.
The intervention also derailed a planned protest by dissident groups, as many of the members planned to be recruited left for the passport intervention.
Ambassador Tuggar who is in his second term as envoy was first appointed in August 2017, by President Muhammadu Buhari.
