A United States of America-based Nigerian, Professor Ndubuisi Ekekwe, has hailed the Federal Government of Nigeria for the transformation of the country’s international passport and visa services.
The inventor and entrepreneur, who specifically praised the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said this after a visit to the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC.
According to Ekekwe, he was in the Embassy on August 6, 2025 to process his son’s international passport.
The Lead Faculty of Tekedia Institute and Chairman of Tekedia Capital said he was impressed by both the services and staff.
The Harvard Business Review writer since 2019 wrote on his X handle on August 7: “Good People, I had a business in Washington DC yesterday and got into the Nigerian embassy to get a passport for my younger boy.
“When I went to the embassy, I found less than 12 people who came to get possibly a passport/visa.
“And within minutes, everyone was gone.
“The workers there were EXCELLENT.
“In short, I could not believe the level of transformation which the team has engineered that a place which used to look like Terminus Market Jos, Ariaria Market Aba and Oshodi Market Lagos is now calm.
“I want to commend the Government, the Minister in charge of the embassy, the consulate general and all the people executing the mission.
“You have all done well.
“In the past it used to be a mayhem with young people asking for help to get their passports which have been waiting for months.
“What I saw yesterday was a world-class system in all forms.
“Truly commendable.”
Professor Ekekwe then challenged the government to replicate the transformation of the entire Nigerian system with the magic it performed with the passport and visa services.
He said: ““That takes me to this point: whatever Nigeria has done in the passport issuance system in America, can we replicate it in other areas?
“They have fixed this problem that I assume no one needs any big man or woman for a passport.
“Little things and one by one, Nigeria can improve.
“Salute to the #TeamPassportNigeria.”