Nigeria Immigration Service Earns N10.3 b: Remits Only N7b To Govt

Recently, members of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Interior couldn't believe their ears when the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mrs. Rose Uzoma,  told them that in 2011,  the Nigeria Immigration Service generated N10.3 billion, but N3.4 billion was remitted to the federation account. The question, therefore is, how was N7 billion naira expended?
         This revelations were made when Mrs Uzoma appeared before the committee to defend the 2012 fiscal budget. Her defence was that the revenue  generated comprises of N8,192,717,842.77 and off-shore earnings of $13,378,206 (N2,140,512,320).
     International passports which are said  cost the Nigeria Immigration Service N4,900, per unit  are sold to Nigerians at N8,750. N3,850 is realized as profit out of which  N1,250 is paid as technology fees to “e-revenue collection partners”, and the balance of N2,600 is remitted to the federation account. In 2011, a total of 722,327 Nigerian International Passports were issued.