Ohanaeze Ndigbo praises UK for establishing visa office in Enugu

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the foremost organisation of Igbo culture, has thanked the British High Commission in Nigeria and the Government of the United Kingdom for launching a new temporary facility for UK visa submissions in Enugu State.

In a statement issued by the spokesman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, the organisation said that the request for the establishment of a visa office in Enugu, the political headquarters of the South-East zone, was made by the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Engineer Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, during the courtesy visit of the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency, Dr. Richard Montgomery, at the national secretariat of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Enugu on June 27, 2023.

Ogbonnia said that Iwuanyanwu was overjoyed when he learned that the British High Commission in Nigeria had announced the opening of a new temporary submission centre for UK visas in Enugu State beginning on September 13, 2023.

The UK diplomatic office disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying that “the facility will operate out of the Omedel Luxury Hotel, 4/6 Link Road off Pascal and Jerk Bus Stop, Independence Layout, Enugu, and that it will offer twice-a-week services in the interim.