Nigerians have taken to social media to react to the new increase in pasport fees.

The Nigeria Immigration Service on Wednesday night, August 21, released a statement announcing an upward review in the price of passport printing.

According to the statement, a 32-page Passport booklet with 5 year validity previously charged at Thirty-five Thousand Naira (N35,000.00) will now be Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000.00) only; while a 64-page Passport booklet with 10 year validity which was Seventy Thousand Naira (N70,000.00) will be One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000.00) only.

The statement added that the fees remain unchanged in Diaspora.