In the USA, it costs $5 (=N=2000) to get a license to fly a drone.

You don't talk to anyone. You go online, fill in your details, upload a valid ID, pay the fees and have your licence printed and also send as a PDF to your email.

In Nigeria?

See the process in the tweet below.

Here you will pay =N=600,000 and write an application to the NSA begging him to allow you fly a drone, then wait for 6 months for approval.

If he says, "No", your =N=600,000 is gone.

While folk in other countries are building drone tech, you are here dealing with idiots in Govt