By Gloria Ikibah
As part of its activities to commemorate the 2024 Day of Peace and National Reconciliation in Angola on 4th of April, a Visa Application Centre is set to be inaugurated on Tuesday, April 2, in Port Harcourt, the River State capital, in order to stop the need to travel to Abuja and Lagos.
This was contained in a statement by the Institutional Communication and Press Services of the Embassy of Angola in Nigeria, Benin, Niger and ECOWAS, on Sunday, in Abuja and made available to Naijablitznews.com.
Thr statement reads: “The centre, a partnership between the Embassy of Angola in Nigeria and the company Akwa Helmes International Limited – AHIL, has facilities for applying for visas, increasing investment attractiveness, supporting the oil and gas industry, as well as promoting sun-sea and adventure tourism.
“Its services will extend to hotel reservations, ticket sales and air connectivity to destinations operated by Angola’s national airline, TAAG”.
It furher stated that the Governor of Rivers state, Siminalayi FUBARA, will be the special guest of H.E. Ambassador José Bamóquina ZAU to witness the inauguration of a centre for economic, cultural and tourist rapprochement between Angola and Nigeria.
“The city of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State (with a population of about 10 million), is located in the heart of the vast Niger Delta, where the main petroleum and petrochemical industries, two large state-owned refineries, two seaports, universities and scientific and technological institutes are located.
“Most of the businessmen and technicians working in Angola’s oil and gas industry come from this region, but the local authorities want to intensify academic cooperation with training institutes and technical internships in the oil and gas industry”, the statement further stated.