National Centre for the Production of Passports : Ultra-modern Edifice

At the Etoudi neighbourhood in Yaounde, some meters from the Yaounde I Council, is the National Centre for the Production of Passports of the General Delegation for National Security (GDNS). The magnificent structure is a product of a public-private partnership between the government of Cameroon through GDNS and a German-Portuguese firm, INCM-Augentic. 
Constructed by the firm with state-of-the-art equipment and inbuilt technology, the building occupies 1000m2. The entire surface area occupied by the Centre is 4000m2, parking space, pavements and gardens inclusive. The architectural gem is subdivided into two parts, the first reserved for public access and the other used solely for the production of passports. 
At the entrance of the building is an upright stone slap bearing an inscription of the name of the personality who inaugurated the building (Minister of State, Secretary General at the Presidency, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh), date and partners in the project. The building is painted in white and blue (reflective of police colours) with the surrounding fence and gate painted black. 
Once in the building, there are two automatic ticket machines in a large waiting hall of sitting positions. There are 16 different enrollment posts with three flat screens indicating the number of post to move to for service, following the number of your ticket which was generated by the machine at the entrance. There is a VIP waiting hall for applicants of diplomatic or service passport. Two police officers per post attend to a user with each post comprising a computer, a fingerprint taking apparatus, a document scanner, a camera and a height measurement stand. 
There are about six units at the Passport Production Centre. First is the Identity Management Service (IDMS) which is responsible for avoiding conflict of identification. Next to it is the Validation Unit, c...