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Air Peace China Flight: Relax Travel Restriction On Nigeria, Envoy Appeals

by Yusuf Babalola
3 years ago
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The Nigerian Ambassador to China, Baba Ahmad Jidda, has urged the Chinese government to relax the travel restriction placed on Nigerians as a result of the outbreak of the Covid-19 infection.

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Speaking during a courtesy visit to the chairman of Air Peace, Barrister Allen Onyema, at the airline’s headquarters in Lagos, Ambassador Jidda, said Nigerians are facing difficulties securing Chinese visa due to the travel restrictions.

He said, “I want to say that as an ambassador, we still have much to do to support Air Peace to operate comfortably for the benefit of all Nigerians and the Chinese.

So far, the Chinese are benefitting tremendously from the operations of Air Peace because Nigerians are having some difficulty in obtaining visas. I, therefore, want to use this medium to plead with the Embassy of China in Abuja, to consider relaxing restrictions on Nigerians, such that Nigerians will be given visa and they will now fly Air Peace and the market of Air Peace will expand. This, to us, is very important.”

The envoy also commended the governments of China and Nigeria for deepening bilateral ties between both countries through the approval of Air Peace’s scheduled, commercial flights to Guangzhou-China, which commenced on July 13, 2022.

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He noted that the approval for Air Peace to launch flights into China was given on the strength of the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA), signed between both countries, though, he said it took about 4 years before the agreement was finally implemented.

Jidda, who lauded the efforts of the minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and those of his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, stressed that a lot went into getting Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, to finally connect both countries through air travel.

“Finally, I would like to thank the government of the People’s Republic of China and the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for making this historic approval of direct flight between Nigeria and the People’s Republic of China”, Jidda asserted.

In his remarks, Onyema expressed delight over the visit of the Ambassador and emphasised the pivotal role he played in ensuring that Air Peace got the statutory nod to kick off the China route.

Applauding the tremendous support of the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, towards the airline, Onyema harped on the need for Nigerians to jettison their ethnic differences and support one another.

He affirmed: “This is why I have always believed in the unity of this country. I am Onyema from South East. You are Alhaji Baba Ahmad Jidda from North East. You have been fighting for me. You have been fighting for this Air Peace owned by an Igbo man. And today, we have it, the China route.

Today, I want to use this opportunity to tell Nigerians that a Northerner fought for it. A Northerner in the person of the Minister of Aviation Alhaji Sirika, who gave Air Peace the designation to do the China route. Also, a Northerner, our President approved all these and made sure you, Your Excellency, represented the country so well there to ensure a Nigerian airline got this approval. You stood your ground. Even when we were not contacting you, you were working behind the scenes to make sure this happened.

“And you even went ahead to say that you will get the Chinese authorities to relax their visa rules. Nigerians have business to do with the Republic of China. So, we are very appreciative. We appreciate the President for making sure that his government stood by indigenous investors to make sure their businesses prosper.

“We thank Federal Government of Nigeria, and we thank the government of the Republic of China for cooperating with us so far to this end. Thank you, Your Excellency. We really appreciate your efforts, and we wish the country will recognise what you have done today”.

With the addition of Guangzhou, Air Peace now operates a network of three international routes, including Dubai and Johannesburg, seven regional and twenty domestic routes, while parading an increasing modern fleet of over 30 aircraft.

 


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