The Association confirmed this in an interview with journalists in Abuja, discrediting recent media publication that over 1.5 million Nigerians are yet to be issued their passports. Secretary of the association Frank David,, who described the report as a fallacy, said the total number of Nigerians in Italy are not up to a million. He added that it is impossible for over one million Nigerians supposedly living in Italy to be stranded for lack of passport, noting that currently, there are 209,000 Nigerians in Italy, 180,000 are legally documented with 29,000 yet to be documented. David said as much as NUNAI, the umbrella body of all Nigerian Associations in Italy will continue to appeal to the Federal Government for regular Supply of booklets, they also appreciate the intervention so far. Welfare Officer of the association Mike Oputteh, also appreciated the Federal Government, the Nigerian Ambassador to Italy, Mfawa Abam, and the Immigration attached to the Mission for their response.