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munai (f)
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I have 2 (two) questions?
1.What is the role of african missions abroad?
2. Has anyone seen the Naija Visa office in New York?
The reason I am asking these questions is that, I was shocked at the mannerism of the 'some' of the staff. Talk of slamming the phone in your ear, transferring your call to a filled up mail box(its been filled for the last 3 months), listening to a recorded msg "We currently closed , office hours are 9:30am, "(Meanwhile the time is way past 10:00am), people have you seen the Visa reception? Come on! I was not expecting Ikea furniture but not those beat up tables and chairs, its worse off, not even a computer, not for pose but to update the applicants' information, in short create a proper database. The guy at the counter has to give you these paper tickets with numbers, point at you to come to the window, staples your passport over 5 times, pricking these permanent holes and tells you to come in 48 hours at 9:30am.
People, I go there at 9:30 on the dot (meanwhile thinking this is the US, I am getting out of that place in a short time), What!what? I was told 'the boss is not in and the passport in in his office'. I give the guy some 30 minutes and nothing, I flip out, telling him not to waste my time as I have to get back to work. Coming back to what I said eailer, no proper data organization, computer people, computer with basic Word or Spreadsheets. I can't judge the embassy' budget but there are cheap P.Cs even at garage sells or pick up one on the street, esp. in Manhattan -there are rich folks.
I guess as the saying goings, 'Not all that glitters is gold' esp. after been mislead by the big beautiful marble building saying "Federal Govt of Naija".
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