Of late, the footage of a distressed Nigerian lady, Oluwakemi Ola, lamenting her frustration at getting the Nigerian passport renewed at the Nigeria High Commission in Canada, has gone viral. Out of frustration, Ms Ola had said, “I am not Canadian yet, but the moment I become Canadian, I am burning this [Nigerian] passport. The man says he had to drive for two hours from his base in Schaffhausen to the Swiss capital after officials at the Nigerian embassy had failed to acknowledge all his correspondence. Stories of allegations of corruption against Nigerian officials in foreign missions in matters of passport renewal also abound. “If it is only a small office in São Paulo, it will be a relief.

Source: Nigerian Tribune March 14, 2021 15:11 UTC