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A Nigerian writer has taken to social media to ask the Nigerian Immigration Service why a married woman must attach her husband’s passport page or proof of her husband’s identity before she can renew her passport.
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In a post shared on X, the Nigerian writer who is in the process of getting a divorce, stated that began the process of renewing her passport last week but is yet to complete it due to the many requirements women need to meet to get their passports renewed.
She wondered if the service knows how dangerous this demand is for women trying to escape all kinds of things in their marriages, including domestic violence.
‘’Imagine a woman trying to get away from an abusive situation. Because the name on her birth certificate is different from the name on her current passport, she must put herself back in harm’s way to obtain her abuser’s passport page just to renew her passport?” she asked
Read her post below…
