some time back in the day 2017,
ButterScotch ohbee nm ( obi nm ) ( obi m ), ( obim ),
i was opportuned to
travel
from NIGERIA
to GHANA.
it was a very illuminating exercise for/to me
in many ways
e.g
i came to be aware that
a flight
from LAGOS, NIGERIA
to ACCRA, GHANA
took about 45 minutes.
this was pretty interesting to me
as
i had
back in the day
in the 1980s
while following a chap
at his counsel
to fly
from LAGOS, NIGERIA
to ENUGU, NIGERIA
en route
the University Campus at NSUKKA, NIGERIA
as against
my then basic procedure of
travelling via
Ekene Dili Chukwu Luxurious Bus
from LAGOS, NIGERIA
to either ONITSHA, NIGERIA
or 9TH MILE CORNER, NEAR NSUKKA, NIGERIA
or ENUGU, NIGERIA
en route
the University Campuses at Nsukka or Enugu
( .. depending on which particular campus i was heading to at the time .. )
learnt that
the flight
from LAGOS, NIGERIA
to ENUGU, NIGERIA
took about 45 minutes.
this was back in the day
when
Nigeria still had
the NIGERIA AIRWAYS
and
operated the FOKKER F-27 and FOKKER-28 air-planes.
this emergent awareness
as to
the duration of
travel by flight
from LAGOS
to ACCRA made it occur to me
that,
in real terms,
geographically
ACCRA, GHANA
( and
by extension of the logic
GHANA
as a distinct geographical territory )
is not that so far away
from NIGERIA
as one may guess
considering that
it is a separate and distinct country from NIGERIA
and
does not share any contigous borders with NIGERIA.
ButterScotch UG nm,
i suppose it is natural
that
any folk travelling
forms impressions
of
the places/locations he/she traverses
during or related to
that journey
and
i guess
ButterScotch UG ormahleechar nm ( omalicha nm ) ( omalicham )
that
i did form some impressions of
virtually all the locations/places
i traversed
both here
in NIGERIA
and
in GHANA
linked to that trip.
one very striking thing
one very significant thing
was that
GHANA
issued us
a VISA ON ARRIVAL
right there
at
KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,
ACCRA, GHANA
within a few minutes of our arrival.
to be very frank,
ButterScotch UG nnkeh nm ( nkeh nm ) ( nke m ) ( nkem ),
i did not
FULLY APPRECIATE
the great importance of
this policy,
this procedure
and
this practice
until
i was opportuned to travel
to UGANDA
from NIGERIA
a few days ago recently
and learnt
that
UGANDA in EAST[ERN] AFRICA
does not
operate
a VISA ON ARRIVAL POLICY
for travellers from
NIGERIA in WEST[ERN] AFRICA
as far as i can understand it,
ButterScotch UG nnmah nm ( nmah nm ) ( nmah m ) ( nma nm ) ( nma m ) ( nmam ),
it is
an ECOWAS thing
and
an EAC thing
ECOWAS = ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES
EAC = EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
as far as i can understand it,
ButterScotch UG nm,
what it is
is that
the ECOWAS COUNTRIES
have a superb arrangement
among themselves
that
enables
the issuance of
VISA ON ARRIVAL
to travellers from
ECOWAS MEMBER COUNTRIES
however
this superb arrangement
that
the ECOWAS COUNTRIES
have among themselves
that
enables
the issuance of
VISA ON ARRIVAL
to travellers from
ECOWAS MEMBER COUNTRIES
DOES NOT
extend to
travellers from
EAC MEMBER COUNTRIES
and also
ButterScotch oryie eentahnet nm ( oyi internet m ),
if i under stand the issues correctly,
simillarly,
the EAC COUNTRIES
have a superb arrangement
among themselves
that
enables
the issuance of
VISA ON ARRIVAL
to travellers
from
EAC MEMBER COUNTRIES
and simillarly also,
however,
this superb arrangement
that
the EAC COUNTRIES
have among themselves
that
enables
the issuance of
VISA ON ARRIVAL
to travellers
from
EAC MEMBER COUNTRIES
DOES NOT
extend to
travellers from
ECOWAS MEMBER COUNTRIES
and so
ButterScotch UG omalicha m,
if one is travelling
from
NIGERIA
and/or
ANY COUNTRY IN WEST AFRICA
to
UGANDA
and/or
ANY COUNTRY IN EAST AFRICA
one needs to
get his/her VISA
while still in
NIGERIA
and/or
THAT COUNTRY IN WEST AFRICA
that he/she is travelling from
BEFORE
DEPARTING
from NIGERIA
and/or
THAT COUNTRY IN WEST AFRICA
that he/she is travelling from
to
UGANDA
and/or
ANY COUNTRY IN EAST AFRICA
and
simillarly,
vice-versa
one needs to
get his/her VISA
while still in
UGANDA
and/or
THAT COUNTRY IN EAST AFRICA
that he/she is travelling from
BEFORE
DEPARTING from
UGANDA
and/or
THAT COUNTRY IN EAST AFRICA
that he/she is travelling from
to
NIGERIA
and/or
ANY COUNTRY IN WEST AFRICA
you know,
ButterScotch UG obim,
considering the
vital importance of
the ECOWAS REGION
and
the EAC REGION
to the
overall economic well-being
of
Negroland Africa
i.e
Sub-Saharan Africa
it may be of much value
regarding
enhancing
socio-economic interactions
between
these 2 regions
of
Sub-Saharan Africa
i.e
Negroland Africa
if
the ECOWAS COMMUNITY
and
the EAC COMMUNITY
can find a way
to
implement
a
VISA ON ARRIVAL
policy, procedure and practice
for
folks operating
between and across
these 2 Economic Regions of Africa
viz :
the ECOWAS COUNTRIES
and
the EAC COUNTRIES
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