If you think bribery and
corruption as well as other vices are exclusive preserve of Nigerians, then
read this.
Some foreign embassies in Nigeria are fast catching up the bug which has
turned Nigeria
into one of the most corrupt nations the world over if feelers emanating from
the Embassy of Ukraine are anything to go by.
Global News reliably learnt
that the Ukraine Embassy has been turned a visa racketeering point where
officials make brisk income extorting monies from those seeking Ukrainian
visas.
It was gathered that
individuals who are applying for students’ visas are blatantly denied such
until they are able to “settle”. Recently, a source scooped that at the Ukraine
embassy in the Federal Capital territory, Abuja, an applicant who wants to
study in Ukraine was forced to pay as much as N250,000 for student’s visa
before he could be issued one.
We further learnt that what
gave rise to the extortion from embassy staffers is the fact that the number of
Nigerians trooping to the country to pursue education has swollen in recent
times due to its improved standard in education when compared to Nigeria’s. The
pressure is much on the students because they want to leave Nigeria in a
hurry as the standard of education is constantly on the downward slide.
A source who refused
disclosing his identity said he has been applying for visa for the past five
years and a friend in Ukraine
asked him to pay a certain amount of money to aid the processing but till this
moment, he has not heard anything about it and the money was not refunded.
GLOBAL NEWS
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