‘Over 100,000 Nigerians given UK visa last year’
The British High
Commission in Nigeria said yesterday that it issued about 100,000 visas
to Nigerians wishing to travel to the United Kingdom, out of the
170,000 that applied.
The commission
stated this in a statement signed by its press secretary, Hooman
Nouruzi in Abuja. The statement said: “The British High Commission
would like to note that the UK is committed to providing a top class
visa service. The UK Border Agency works to strict customer service
standards which have been maintained during a busy summer in Nigeria
that has seen demand exceed expectations.” “Last year we received over
170,000 visa applications from Nigerians wishing to travel to the UK,
of which approximately 100,000 were successful.”
The High Commission claims it has no evidence to suggest that
tourists have given up on travel plans to the UK, as suggested in an
article “European Embassies Turn Down 450,000 Visa Requests Yearly’
recently published by a national daily.
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