Federal government Wednesday launched a new 64 page e-passport.

With the new development, President Goodluck Jonathan(pictured above) said Nigeria has moved a step forward.

Speaking during the event held at the Presidential Villa, Jonathan said the key thing was for Nigeria to have a robust relationship with key countries so that frequent travelers may not need visas.

“One thing one must know today is that it is not the issue of 64-page passport that is key to Nigerians but the security. If our passport could be easily faked by criminals, then we will have problems. One thing again is that how can Nigerians are able to get passport easily especially those living outside this country.

“When I travel there is this complaint about how to get the Nigerian passport not necessarily the issue of 64-page passport but how do they get passport so the ministry must look into this.

“What affects every traveler is how efficient and committed our immigration officers work at our airports, visitors that come into the country have different impressions about our immigration officers, so they must improve, they are the image of this country, how they handle visitors matters so much, if they conduct themselves poorly, it reflects on all of us, so their conduct at the airports are key besides the passport”, he said