{"id":227420,"date":"2016-07-02T12:01:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T12:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=227420"},"modified":"2016-07-02T12:01:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T12:01:51","slug":"ghana-rolls-out-visa-on-arrival-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghana-rolls-out-visa-on-arrival-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana rolls out visa-on-arrival program"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ghana has commenced the rolling out of the visa-on-arrival policy effective Friday, July 1, 2016.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”RTGoQLt314KAajiZm8PadrgZIvJ4HgtA”]It follows President\u2019s Mahama\u2019s announcement early this year of the country\u2019s preparedness to implement the program to allow AU citizens visiting the country secure visas for up to about thirty days upon arriving in the country.<\/p>\n
This also falls in line with the resolution adopted at the African Union Executive Council meeting held earlier this year in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n
The resolution among other things stipulated that AU Member States review their internal and external security realities in an attempt to implement mechanisms allowing for the issuing of visas on arrival for citizens of Member States, with the possibility of a 30-day stay.<\/p>\n
In the first state of the nation address to Parliament on February 25 this year, President Mahama said,<\/p>\n
\u201cWith effect from July this year, we will be allowing citizens of AU Member States to enter \u2013 our country and obtain visas on arrival with the option to stay for up to thirty days and experience what our country has to offer. This measure, with time, should stimulate air travel, trade, investment and tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Chairperson of the AU Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma in March, also commended Ghana<\/a><\/span><\/strong> for taking immediate concrete steps to implement the decision of the Executive Council.<\/p>\n She also noted that Ghana is reaffirming its Pan-Africanism and upholding its place in the area of the African continental integration, which is a key tenet towards the realisation of Agenda 2063 \u2013 The Africa We Want.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter Ghana, I am convinced that many other African countries will follow suit, in the interest of achieving an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa\u201d, Dr. Dlamini Zuma said.<\/p>\n