Immigration Service blames scarcity of passport booklets on CBN’s forex policy

Speaking at a public hearing organised by an ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives, the Comptroller-General of the NIS, Idris Jere, said the booklets are imported into the country.

He said the shortage was caused by the “foreign exchange regulation policy of the government and CBN’s refusal to grant access to forex for importation of the booklets.