Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr. Bankole Adeoye, has advised Nigerians travelling to that province to adhere to its currency proclamation police pull inwards social club to avoid sanctions.
Adeoye, who is equally good Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU), gave the advice inwards an interview amongst the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Dominicus inwards Addis Ababa.
“Since my arrival equally Nigerian envoy hither barely a calendar month ago, the final result of confiscation of valuables, including unusual central of Nigerians inwards transit on Ethiopian Airline, has been of smashing describe organization to us.
“The coin is inwards thousands of dollars from the reports I remove maintain received together with nosotros remove maintain engaged the authorities of Ethiopia. I remove maintain personally raised it inwards the coming together betwixt our Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, together with his Ethiopian counterpart.
“The Ethiopian rules together with laws guarantee that you lot must non move amongst to a greater extent than than 3 1000 dollars or its equivalent inwards cash piece on transit together with this is for passengers sleeping overnight inwards Ethiopia.
“This does non deportment on those transiting exclusively through the aerodrome together with non going into the city.
“ We are working real difficult to ensure that all the monies confiscated are returned together with if they (offender) remove maintain to pay a fine because in that location is no ignorance inwards law, together with hence they will,’’ he said.
The envoy said in that location was the remove for Nigerians to adhere to rules together with regulations of host countries equally going reverse could transcend away an “irritant’’ inwards relations betwixt both countries.
According to him, the greatest wages the province has is that Ethiopian Airline is 1 of the largest operating airlines inwards the Nigerian aviation market.
“We remove maintain engaged amongst the airline authorisation together with its authorities together with nosotros remove maintain been given the assurances that they are looking into the issue.
“Another agency out of the province of affairs is to learn it correct earlier Nigerians go out the province on transit through Ethiopia,’’ he said.
Adeoye said Nigeria together with Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia would collaborate on sensitisation amongst a persuasion to creating to a greater extent than awareness to ensure that Nigerians were non caught violating the rules.
“We intend to role the same formula used inwards the yellowish vaccination carte du jour awareness to allow Nigerians live on aware that dissimilar virtually other countries inwards the globe where the maximum you lot tin ship inwards cash when travelling is $10, 000, it is non hence inwards Ethiopia,’’ he said.
The envoy, who equally good spoke on consular relations amongst his host country, said 1 of the top priorities of his mandate inwards Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia was to promote the welfare together with wellbeing of Nigerians.
He, however, said that in that location were few Nigerians inwards prisons serving damage for different offences ranging from drug pushing together with peddling to forgery.
“It is non a bulk simply minor number of Nigerians involved inwards this together with nosotros are engaging the Ethiopian authorisation to ensure that their welfare is taken assist of fifty-fifty piece inwards prison.
“We undertake regular prison theatre visits; nosotros back upwardly them together with when they remove maintain served their terms, nosotros equally good back upwardly together with facilitate their repatriation to Nigeria,’’ the envoy said.
He equally good emphasised that virtually Nigerians resident inwards Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia were professionals.
“You remove maintain Nigerian professionals working inwards regional, continental together with international organisations similar the AU Commission United Nations Economic Commission for Africa together with other United Nations agencies together with international NGOs.
“So you lot remove maintain Nigerians inwards real choice places demonstrating their commitment to supporting Africa’s evolution together with this is real uplifting,’’ he said.
He reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to stepping upwardly its human relationship to the highest grade amongst Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia saying, “ that is going to live on complemented yesteryear economical cooperation, merchandise together with investment.’’
“Currently, Dangote grouping has a cement manufacturing flora here, in that location is equally good an stone oil lubricating manufacture built yesteryear a Nigerian.
“There are issues of managing merchandise simply both countries tin go together.
“`My priority equally good is to resuscitate together with revive the Nigeria-Ethiopia Joint Ministerial Commission.
“With that, both countries tin sit down on the tabular array together with resolve all their issues together with motion on to a path of growth, a path of friendship that volition produce goodness both countries mutually inwards the bring upwardly of African solidarity,’’ the envoy said.
Nigeria together with Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia remove maintain long-standing relations fifty-fifty earlier Nigeria became independent inwards October, 1960.
Ethiopia opened its diplomatic mission inwards Lagos inwards 1961 together with both countries remove maintain mutual interests inwards the consolidation of their bilateral relations.
The 2 virtually populous countries inwards Africa amongst a combined population of good over 200 1 1000 1000 are multi-ethnic together with multi-religious.
Nigeria together with Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia signed an understanding inwards June 2000 to supply teachers for diverse universities together with high schools inwards Ethiopia.
Since then, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia had been the leading beneficiary of Nigeria’s Technical Aid Corps teachers, an first-class event of South-South relations.