The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has denied claims that it requires married women to submit their husbands’ passport data pages or proof of their husband’s identity in order to renew their own passports.
Recall that a Nigerian writer had taken to social media to call out the service.
In her post, the lady who is in the process of getting a divorce stated that she began renewing her passport last week but is yet to complete it due to the many requirements needed from women.
She wondered if the service knows how dangerous they are for women trying to escape all kinds of things in their marriages, including domestic violence.
Reacting via its X handle, the NIS said there is no such law that says married women must attach their husbands’ passport pages or proof of their husbands’ identity before they can renew their passports.
Read the NIS’s reaction below:
