 The Senate has mandated its Committee on Interior to investigate the circumstances causing the delay in the issuance and renewal of passports by the Nigerian Immigration Service. The Senate issued this directive to its Committee on Interior at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday following a motion by Senator Uchi Kunefe, who said Nigerians are facing hardship and stress in getting their passports. She explained that despite the six-week timeline given by the NIS to process passports, the Senate has now spent between three to six months to get them. The opportunity also asks the Committee to probe their contract for the printing of passports by the NIS. The Senate knows that the delay issuance and renewal of the Nigerian International Passport by the Nigerian Immigration Service nationwide has caused untold hardship for the Nigerians who need to travel out of the country or return to the country. The Senate further notes that the Nigerian passport is an official identity document that affirms the BRS citizenship and its issue to Nigerians, primarily for the purpose of traveling out of the Nigeria and returning to the country in exercise of their rights to personal liberty and freedom of movement. The passport is the right of every Nigerian. And the situation we're in today, we were in about 15, 20 years ago. How did we get back here is what all of us are worried about. And it is important that we resolve this as soon as possible, because there was a time when you could get your passport within two or three days. We must return to that time. And this motion is very timely because it is embarrassing to Nigerians to know that we will need six to eight months to take passports. Investigate the circumstances that led to the delays in each one of the Nigerian passports. But Nigerian Immigration Service are put back to the Senate within two weeks. Those in favor of this prayer say aye. Those against the NDII Service.