According to a statement by the embassy, the Centre will be inaugurated on Tuesday, April 2, as part of the activities marking rather 4thof April Day of Peace and National Reconciliation in Angola.The statement reads: “As part of the activities to celebrate the 4th of April, Day of Peace and National Reconciliation in Angola, a Visa Application Centre will be inaugurated this Tuesday, 04/02, in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt, in order to obviate the need to travel to Abuja and Lagos.
“Its services will extend to hotel reservations, ticket sales and air connectivity to destinations operated by Angola’s national airline, TAAG.“H.E. Siminalayi FUBARA, Governor of Rivers State, is the special guest of H.E. Ambassador José Bamóquina ZAU to witness the inauguration of a centre for economic, cultural and tourist rapprochement between Angola and Nigeria.
“Most of the businessmen and technicians working in Angola’s oil and gas industry come from this region, but the local authorities want to intensify academic cooperation with training institutes and technical internships in the oil and gas industry.”