Kenya Airways plane at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport last
month. Kenya opened its airspace and started international flights after
a four months ban due coronavirus pandemic.
By Abdullateef Salau
The United Republic of Tanzania says it is reviewing its visa policy for Nigerians.
Nigeria falls under
Tanzania's Referral Visa category, which requires special clearance or
permission from the Director of Immigration Services in Dar es Salaam or
the Principal Immigration Officer in Zanzibar.
Speaking with
newsmen in Abuja, the Tanzanian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Benson
Alfred Bana, said the review followed Nigeria's revised visa policy for
many countries.
He said there were
significant reasons that made Tanzanian government resorted to referral
visa arrangement for Nigerian applicants.
He, however, said the arrangement was under review just as other policies.
"We are grateful
that the Nigerian government reviewed its visa policy. We've studied the
revised visa policy and we've advised our government to follow suit.
"The government is
taking it seriously and I can assure you that within a short time,
there'll be a change. The purpose is to ensure that we attract as many
Nigerians as possible.
"At the moment, we're ensuring that our policy and institutional arrangements are streamlined to promote tourism," he said.
The envoy disclosed that 3,900 tourist visas were issued to Nigerians in 2013. The figure, he added, increased to 6,176 in 2018.
He said given the size of Nigeria and the urge Nigerians had for traveling, these figures were still low.
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