A sigh of relief could be best described as an understatement compared to the expression of joy of applicants as the delay in the issuance of passport at the Imo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service is now a thing of the past.

This is as a result of the proactive measures taken by the new Comptroller of the Command Mr Patrick Ebegbune and new Command passport officer, deputy Comptroller Mrs Ime Usoro.

It will be recalled that the Command was faced with various challenges, like shortage of passport booklets, power supply, network issue and validation of national identity card among other impediments which made the issuance of international passport in Imo cumbersome thereby creating undue delay, mixed feelings and serial jettisoning of services by Imolites who sought for the services outside the state.

Determined to reverse the ugly trend, the new management tackled the challenges headlong by providing 20kva capacity solar system and ensuring that passport booklets were supplied regularly to the Command.

These measures according to reports have greatly ameliorated the hitherto bottle necks in the issuance of passport among other services.

On

investigation, it was discovered that there were no cases of outstanding passports in the Command since the assumption of Mrs Usoro as the new passport officer in the Command.

Speaking on the issue, the State passport officer, Mrs Usoro promised that the Command henceforth will no longer be found wanting on the issuance of passport and other immigration services in the Command.

Mrs Usoro stated unequivocally that there will be no need of passport Seekers going to other States to obtain their passports any longer, noting that all the Immigration services so rendered at the distant locations are now fully obtained with ease and rapid response.

She however reiterated the Command’s resolve to continuously improve the feats and services, adding that the Immigration officers are committed to serve them diligently to the later.

The new passport officer commended the new Comptroller of the Command Mr Patrick Ebegbune for his doggedness and resilience to lead the command while appreciating the diligent efforts of Immigration officers in the command and prayed God to strengthen them.