It’s a well accepted fact that Nigeria doesn’t rank high on the ease of conducting business index. The Federal Government (FG) has paid a lot of lip service to doing something about this and it seems it’s finally taking steps to alleviate it.
The government has issued a directive to all foreign missions that all potential foreign investors be granted visas within 48 hours. According to the The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, this was approved so as to remove bottlenecks associated with visa issuance in all its foreign missions and ease entry into the country for investors. He said “Our visa-on-arrival procedure is now fully operational, with an upcoming increase in the number of eligible countries. Directive has been issued on 48-hour visa issuance by Nigerian missions abroad. We have foreign missions in almost all the major countries of the world and we feel the missions should be used to sell Nigerian products abroad and also used as a point for those who want to invest in Nigeria to make their enquiries.”