Nigeria: International Passport - Being Nigerian Gets Tougher By Minutes, Comedian Ay Laments

25 August 2024

Popular comedian, Ayodeji Richard Makun, also known as AY, has bemoaned how challenging being a Nigerian is.

He lamented that being a Nigerian gets tougher by the minute.

In a statement on his X handle, AY wrote, "Being a Nigerian just gets tougher and tougher by minutes."

Meanwhile, reality TV star Josephine Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has reacted to the recent increment in the fees for the processing and acquisition of Nigerian passports.

She lamented that the increment was not justified as the Nigerian passport is barely respected around the world.

On her X handle, she wrote: "Increasing the price of our passport that when you get to some countries sef because of the passport you go be like who sh*t for body....is what they are increasing... Omo this country don fall flat.... Nothing good seems to be coming out at all."

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