Mr Abdulrahman Dambazau, The Minister of Interior, signed the agreement with Iris Smarts Technology Limited and the Nigeria Security, Printing and Minting PLC to begin the production of international passports in Nigeria. Mr Dambazau said the agreement was the right path to take.
According to him, he thinks it is the right thing to do and the platform was already there and all that was needed was just to build on it. He further spoke about the company,”Iris” saying “Iris has an existing contract with the Nigerian government and they have the technology. They will work with the Nigeria Security, Printing and Minting PLC to actualise this plan”.