Government has introduced day and night shifts in order to produce at least 9 000 passports per day to clear a backlog that has reached the 226 000 mark

Government has introduced day and night shifts in order to produce at least 9 000 passports per day to clear a backlog that has reached the 226 000 mark Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe revealed this while responding to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services He was speaking on government policy decisions being taken to reduce the backlog on the provision of primary identity documents and travel documents Kazembe, however, said shortages of consumables were affecting efforts to clear the backlogs and issuing of documents “Currently, we have a backlog of 225 747 (passports), dating back to March 2019 The backlog has been accumulating due to shortage of consumables which require foreign currency,” he said He said to overcome the backlog, government had on April 26 introduced a double shift working programme “The programme consists of the day and night shift The night shift operates from 2000hrs to 0400hrs whilst the day shift operates from 0800hrs to 1600hrs “The two shifts will be working five (5) days a week excluding weekends The strategy is aimed at clearing the passport backlog.” He said the double shift programme would see the ministry producing between 4 000 and 4 500 passports a day “The expected daily output for the day shift will be between 2 000 and 2 500 whilst the expected output for the night shift will be 2 000,” he said Source: The Anchor All Zim News is a central hub for all things Zimbabwean, curating news from across the country so no story is missed Alongside aggregation, our team of nationwide reporters provides real-time, on-the-ground coverage Stay informed and connected — reach us at admin@allzimnews.com. Source: Theanchor