SOUTH AFRICA NOW VISA-FREE FOR NIGERIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS

Nigeria and South Africa on Tuesday signed an agreement aimed at ending visa
acquisition by holders of official and diplomatic passports.
Ministers from both countries have been charged to ensure the effective implementation
of the newly signed instruments and the conclusion of outstanding agreements.
Both Presidents, Jacob Zuma and Goodluck Jonathan
met in Cape Town, South Africa where various issues were discussed on how to improve on
relationship between both countries as they agreed on so many issues aimed at
boosting development in the continent.
Beside the visas waiver agreement both countries
also signed eight other bilateral agreements which include, cooperation in
legal field, oil and gas sectors, power sector development, environment,defence
cooperation, women development and empowerment as well as child development.
The bilateral agreements also cover geology,
mining, mineral processing and metallurgy and fields of information and
communication technology.
For both presidents, stronger ties between both
countries is necessary if the continent’s fortune is to be improved.