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Shortage of Passports Affecting 1.5 Million Nigerians In Italy – Diaspora Group

byTemisan EmikoandQuest Times
27 December, 2021
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The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, Europe (NIDO-Europe), Italy Chapter, says about 1.5 million out of its 3 million registered members in Italy are affected by scarcity of Nigerian passports.

Mr George Omo-Iduhon, Chairman of the chapter said this in an interview with the NAN on Monday while reflecting on the activities of NIDOE in Europe and Italy.

NIDOE serves as an official platform through which Nigerians in Diaspora can channel their development efforts in Nigeria.

Shortage of Passports Affecting 1.5 Million Nigerians In Italy - Diaspora Group

NIDOE partners with the Nigerian community, professional organisations as well as public and private businesses in focused areas such as Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) professional networking, stakeholders advocacy, medical missions, educational support and skill transfer to Nigeria.

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According to Omo-Iduhon, there are more Nigerians In Italy than in other European countries and the registered Nigerians according to the database are 3 million asides undocumented ones.

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“One of the major problems faced by Nigerians living in Italy is a shortage of Nigerian passports that can help facilitate their movement and work permit.

“The Nigerian government should help address this nagging problem because Italy serves as the gateway to other countries in Europe, especially for Nigerians.

“About 1.5 million Nigerians in Italy don’t have passports, even some of those that have been accepted by the Italian government have not been issued Nigerian passports which makes it difficult for them to work,” he said.

Omo-Iduhon added that the supply of 500 booklets of passport to the Nigerian embassy in Italy was grossly inadequate to serve the number of Nigerians resident in Italy.

“Using the same sharing formula for all the counties in Europe can not work in Italy where we have more Nigerians.

“We are appealing to the relevant government agencies and our amiable Minister for Internal Affairs, Rauf Aregbesola to help us address this issue.

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