Nigeria to sign visa-free pact with 8 countries

Nigeria to sign visa-free pact with 8 countries

The minister of foreign Affairs Mr Geoffrey Onyeama yesterday said the federal government is planning to sign visa-free pacts with a bloc of eight African countries to promote economic partnership.
The minister did not disclose the countries but expressed concern that trade among African countries had been very low.
He said the new initiative would ease movement of people and goods across the continent and equally boost intra African trade.
"What we are trying to do at the ministry is try to promote visa-free movement of business people...we want to start with about eight countries. And we believe that if we can achieve that within a year, then other countries may want to join". He said.

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