Since Thursday, Togolese can obtain a duplicate of their nationality certificate online. The precious document used to establish the passport or the national identity card now has a dedicated digital platform made available to the public.
with our correspondent in Lomé, Peter Sassou Dogbe
No more long queues at the Department of Nationality to obtain a duplicate of this certificate. All the applicant has to do is go to the public administration portal to find the service-public.gouv.tg.
Commander Togbé Agbaglah, technical director of the Togo digital agency, explains the procedure to us. ” The interface is quite simple on purpose… from your mobile phone you can perform these operations… »
The digitization of nationality certificates began in June 2008 and since then the demand for duplicates has continued to increase each year. Thus in 2022, the Directorate of Nationality issued 563,918 duplicates compared to 466,178 in 2021 and 71,760 in 2019.
For Koboyoh Kpatcha-Tchamdja, director of the nationalities service, the duplicate plays an important role in the processing of applications. ” Only secure and digitized nationality certificates are affected by digitization… »
Obtaining the duplicate is done in 24 hours. The first nationality applications are not yet dematerialized.