The Consul General Dr Abdulla Al Mandoos in the presence of
prominent government officials such as the special adviser to the Lagos State
Government on Sustainable Development Goals and Investment, Solape Hammond;
Comptroller General of Immigration for Lagos State, Ahmed Aliyu; Country
Manager of Emirates airline, Paulos Legesse; Vice president of the Lagos
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gbenga Ismail; Head of UAE visa Centre,
Abdulla Alqahtani and several media houses were present to witness the centre’s
unveiling ceremony.
Dr Abdulla led the visitors on a tour of the centre,
reaffirming that despite the current challenges of the pandemic, the United
Arab Emirates still avails itself of the opportunities to bolster its bilateral
relations with the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He further explained that the
Centre was well equipped with apposite Covid 19 preventive measures to ensure
all protocols were strictly adhered to.
“The vision to establish a Visa and Attestation office in
the Centre of Excellence has been in the works for a while now. Lagos being the
economic capital of Nigeria with over 20 million in population, the centre aims
to put to ease, the bilateral business processes between both countries. The
best equipment has been installed to ensure the process remains fast and
convenient with a target of 6 minutes to complete the entire process from the
walk-in.”
“With this new development, we anticipate that the people of
Lagos and neighbouring states no longer feel compelled to travel to Abuja to
process visas and attest their documents as they can now achieve all that in
Lagos State,” he said.
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