The Namibian Ambassador to Nigeria, Humphrey Geiseb, on Wednesday visited Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Growth, to debate visas-on-arrival for journey to Namibia.
The duo additionally deliberated on the Bilateral Air Providers Settlement (BASA) between Nigeria and Namibia.
Ambassador Geiseb highlighted the very important hyperlinks between Nigeria and Namibia within the air transport sector. He pressured the historic significance of Air Namibia’s operations between the 2 nations, noting that the nationwide service beforehand related Lagos to Accra and performed a key function in facilitating journey between Namibia and Nigeria.
He expressed his nation’s curiosity in partnering with Nigerian airways to revive direct connectivity, citing ongoing discussions with Air Peace.
Nevertheless, he inspired Minister Keyamo to interact with home airways to discover potential collaboration alternatives.Keyamo expressed his help for direct flights between Nigeria and Namibia, explaining that there have been direct flight routes between Nigeria and different nations similar to Algeria, Lagos, and Cameroon.
The minister additionally famous that one among Nigeria’s fast-rising home carriers, Xejet, which presently operates Sierra Leone’s nationwide service, Air Sierra Leone, could possibly be a possible accomplice on this enterprise.
Ambassador Geiseb assured the minister that he would have interaction his counterpart, Namibia’s Minister of Aviation, to rearrange a doable go to to additional strengthen aviation cooperation between each nations.
Moreover, the minister raised issues about visa challenges between Nigeria and Namibia, recalling his current difficulties in acquiring a visa regardless of holding a diplomatic passport.
He urged the ambassador to work in direction of resolving these points to facilitate smoother journey and open doorways for extra commerce and funding relations between the 2 nations.
Each envoys agreed to collaborate on these issues to enhance bilateral ties.
