Nigerians working in Italy are not having the best of experience at the moment.
The National Union of Nigerians and Association in Italy (NUNAI) in an open letter signed by president, Rowland Ndukuba on Tuesday in Abuja said that a lot of Nigerians have lost their jobs due to their inability to prevent valid passport to renew their working contract.
The association further explains that the inability to renew their passport pose a threat to their livelihood since that is the only document recognized to process any documentation and licences in the country.
“NUNAI wishes to lay a very strong appeal to the ministers of Interior and Foreign Affairs including the Controller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service to save thousands of Nigerians living in Italy,” the group stated.
It admitted that the Nigerian embassy in Rome “is doing everything possible to clear the backlog of seven months on the ground as those that were scanned in the middle of May to date are yet to get their passport printing.”
It was noted that about 3,000 are being captured for passport in a month and 500-1,500 are being received on a monthly basis. But NUNAI stated that providing the passport on a monthly basis will help in managing the situation.
“Finally, this appeal will be incomplete if we fail to thank the two Ministers and the Controller-General of Nigeria Immigration for their assistance in the past by responding to our calls. We believe this one will not be different,” added the letter.
“We thank Ambassador Omini Abam, Nigeria Ambassador to Italy, and the Super 3 team of the Nigeria immigration lead by Hajiya Larai Mohammed for working tirelessly to meet the demands of Nigerians on passports.”
The group, however, insisted, “But lack of booklets to produce those captured already is one reason we are making this appeal. On behalf of all Nigerians in Italy, the union will be very grateful if our appeal is urgently granted.”
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