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

Image Credit = Gboyega a.k.a Jerry.
Image Credit = not sure now. probably Sete

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 

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 

[ TO BE CONTINUED



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