How can we achieve a borderless Africa when visas are this hard? – CNN reporter, Larry Madowo, laments after paying $215 for a one-month single entry Nigerian visa

CNN reporter, Larry Madowo, has taken to social media to lament after paying $215 for a one-month single entry visa into Nigeria.

The Kenyan-born media personality shared a video of himself at the Murtala Mohammed International airport, Lagos state. 

‘’Nigeria just charged me $215 for a 1-month, single entry visa. For the 3rd time this year.

 

The visa is $25 but Nigeria charges a $20 “processing fee” & $170 for biometrics every time.

 

How can we achieve a borderless Africa – or AfCFTA – when visas are this hard?”