The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday said more
Nigerians were applying for clearance from the agency to travel to
“drug-sourced” countries.
This was contained in a statement by NDLEA spokesman, Mitchell
Ofoyeju, in Lagos.
Ofoyeju said that such application was meant to be screened by the
agency and recommended to the country’s embassies for visa issuance.
He said that the agency received 2,172 applications in 2011 and 3,255 in 2012.
Ofoyeju added: “Similarly, there was an increase in the number of
successful applicants from 2,026 in 2011 to 2,845 in 2012.
“The applicants are usually required to present two guarantors.
“The agency is very strict with the process because of the need to
protect the image of the country from being smeared by some
unscrupulous persons.
“Some applicants collect the forms and never showed up because they
cannot not get credible people to guarantee them.”
He further said that the agency had cleared Nigeria’s most beautiful
girl 2013, Miss Anna Banner, for her trip to Jakarta, Indonesia, for
the forthcoming Miss World Beauty pageant.
The spokesman said that her request for visa clearance certificate was approved on merit, having met the stipulated requirements.
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