WorldStage Newsonline– The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) generated N35.72 billion local revenue from passports applications in 2017, down by 1.24 per cent from the N36.17 billion generated in 2016, according to a statistics on Immigration for 2017 by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The report, however, reflected that a total of 720,958 passports applications were received in 2017 as against 3,684,288 received in 2016.
It noted that the figures represented about 80.43 per cent negative growth.
The report said that 127,882 of the 2017 figure were for minors, while 544,473 were for adults and the remaining 48,603 were for senior citizens.
It further said that a total of 152,163 passports were issued at the foreign missions in 2017 as against 172,824 issued in 2016, while the number of visa issuance at the foreign missions was 115,150.
The report stated that the figures represented 11.95 per cent negative growth.
Meanwhile, the report said the number of lost and stolen passports re-issued in 2017 was put at 13,450.
