{"id":15993,"date":"2016-05-26T16:55:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T16:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=15993"},"modified":"2016-05-26T16:55:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T16:55:29","slug":"nigeria-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/nigeria-visa","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Will Sign A Visa-Free Pact With 8\u00a0Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The countries in question have not been disclosed yet, however, the minister stated that this new policy could boost Nigeria&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAfrica is the centrepiece of our foreign policy but it is a paradox that as a Nigerian, you cannot go to an African country without a visa, unlike what is obtainable in Western Europe,\u201dOnyeama said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The visa-free pact is seen as a major effort to support regional integration in Africa.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe want to start with about eight countries or see if they come up as a group of eight countries. At the presidential level, they agreed to that, and signed up to free movement [&#8230;] If we can achieve that within a year, then other countries may want to join and we believe this is a better way to go than institutional ECOWAS etc, as countries take so long to ratify agreements [&#8230;] We believe we can just start off, eight countries and they agree among themselves, then others will come in,\u201d the minister added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Onyeama also shared other measures that the Nigerian government intends to put in place in order to attract foreign investors. 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