The Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) has criticised the Nigeria High Commission in London over its choice of venues for the December 2025 Passport Intervention Exercise.
According to MPAC, the selection of exclusively church-owned facilities undermines Nigeria’s religious diversity and violates the principle of government neutrality in public service delivery.
In a statement signed by its Executive Chairman, Disu Kamor, MPAC said it discovered that all the published venues for the upcoming passport intervention were either Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) facilities or centres formerly established by the denomination, including locations where RCCG’s name had been removed from signage but remained the recognised owner.
MPAC listed the venues published by the High Commission for cities including Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Swansea and Aberdeen, noting that the pattern “cannot be explained away as coincidence or logistical inevitability.”
The group said the arrangement was “unmistakable, deeply troubling, and inconsistent with the constitutional and moral obligation of the Nigerian government to maintain religious neutrality.”
According to the organisation, Nigerian Muslims and other citizens in the United Kingdom should never be placed in situations where they must enter a location associated with another faith tradition in order to access a basic national service.
It warned that such practices risk eroding trust and sending a message of exclusion to segments of the diaspora community.
