“The facilities and even the personnel are overstretched, but we are coping and providing long-term solutions to this challenge.
Mr Aregbesola said Nigerians living in Canada now have access to the coveted 64-page 10-year validity passport.
The minister expressed regret over the attack.
“How long can they continue to run from the state? The state is a patient bird. You can run, but you can never hide. We have their biometrics.”
The fallout between Mr Aregbesola and his estranged leader Bola Tinubu and Mr Oyetola continues to spark heat in Osun state ahead of the party’s primary scheduled to hold on Saturday.
“The home is the first foundation of morality,” the minister said.
The Nigerian government says it has inaugurated “enhanced e-passport” to improve the passport application process for Nigerians at home and abroad.
The federal government has granted 12,000 expatriate quota licences to foreigners seeking to work in Nigeria while treating 2,000 applications from companies.
The minister said about 166 lives, and 82 persons in distress were rescued from fire in the period under review.
