[b]NIGERIA has been excluded from the list of nine countries that are offered British Super Priority Visa Service as part of plans by UK authorities to encourage inward investment from abroad.
Under the scheme, certain countries considered major investment partners enjoy a special regime under which their citizens get UK visas within 24 hours of applying. At the moment, citizens from Turkey, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, the US, China, India and France enjoy the service and only this week, The Philippines was added to the list.
In most other countries, the visa processing time is about 10 days but for those in the scheme, it is just 24 hours. A UK government spokesman said that the 24-hour visa service would attract more business leaders, investors and wealthy tourists to the country.

He added: This is part of the government’s efforts to support British businesses and to deliver our plan to secure the long-term economic recovery.” Despite the fact that Nigerians are the third largest spenders in the UK, the country was omitted from the list.

With an average of £628 per transaction, Nigerians known for their frivolous spending became the third foreign spenders after the Middle East Arabs and Chinese. Finance company Global Blue, which conducted the survey, encouraged British businesses to renew their emphasis on strategies to entice these individuals and encourage high level spending
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Mtcheeeeew.

Not your fault.

Narrow-minded UK

Useless country called UK