AYF-News> Refund of Deposit at Embassy – Nigeria Vrs S.Africa

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4th November 2007
18:00



Dear All Sons & Daughters of Africa, 
 
I am writing this mail to respond to the whole circus of the South African High 
Commission refusing to refund Visa applicants security bond fees. However, ever 
since the whole debate begun, it seems to be evolving to a different angle, we 
now have the Kenya airport issue etc. Let me share my little bit of experience 
through my travel History, recently i happened to attend a peace conference in 
Edmonton Canada where we had 2 Nigerian participants who received only 1 week 
Visas in their testimony they said many Nigerians were denied Visas and they 
themselves had to go through a lot to have the 1 week Visa. After that i 
attended 3 weeks training program at the Coady International Institute in Nova 
Scotia still in Canada, here we had various attendants from, South Africa, 
Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Mali, Ghana 
Liberia, Sierra Leone but non from Nigeria, when we inquired the confirmation 
was that all Nigerians were denied Visas. Still, from the 28th-30th of October 
2007 i attended a Crossing The Faith Line Conference in Chicago Illinois, still 
i did not meet any participant from Nigeria yet we had participants from Kenya, 
Tanzania, Uganda and many other African nations. Lastly, i have travelled to 
Mainland China e.g, GuangZhou, but while you're there, the first warning you're 
given is not to deal with any one you suspect to be from West Africa, they are 
well known for drug trafficking, all sorts of scams, theft, and conning 
business women and men from Africa of their hard earned money. My sister inlaw 
while in Guangzhou survived a cup of drugged tea, with an intent of dousing her 
so that they can take all her money she had gone with to purchase merchandise. 
On Ethiopia airlines flights to HongKong, Guangzhou, & Bangkok you must be 
alert with your carry on luggage otherwise you may have drugs placed in your 
bag without your knowledge.
 
On average, on a daily basis i receive not less than 15 mails talking about 
millions of dollars of people who suddenly died or about to die of Cancer, and 
all of them have a reference or origin from West Africa. Many people have lost 
millions of money in these scams. In this regard, the whole world seems to be 
viewing the whole of West Africa in such a mirror, most especially Senegal & 
Nigeria. This is a deep rooted and complicated subject that cant be handled by 
individuals but by the governments of the involved Countries, what we're seeing 
is just a tip of the iceberg.
 
Albert KUNIHIRA
Uganda

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Dear Nduka, Yemi, Ike and Nneka,
 
I am a Kenyan. Kindly please allow me to apologise (on behalf of other Kenyans 
who share my sentiments) on the way that you were discriminated and treated in 
Kenya. I don't work for Kenya Airways or involved in the issues directly in any 
way but I feel sad about your experiences. If I could take this back in any 
way..I would. 
 
Stella Mulama 
The Hague

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Hello All,
 
It is good to speak our minds online but it will be better to stage a peaceful 
rally for our government to know what we are going through. It is my believe 
that the government we've been having and the one to have is not for our own 
good but for themselves and there immediate family. Majority of them holds 
"Diplomatic Passports" and travels at the benefit of the people, so a change 
does not come easily. Let us join forces to bring a change, the law of motion 
says, "a body is in state of rest unless an external force acted on it". 
Someone is watching you!
 
Casey 'Gbenga Adeleye
Nigeria

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