Visa Ban Lift: Can Nigerians Start Travelling to Dubai Immediately? Presidency Opens Up
- The Presidency has opened up on whether Nigerians can start travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) immediately
- Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Media and Publicity, has dismissed the claim
- Ngelale explained that the reversal of the visa ban on Nigerians does not mean that things would go back to normal
UAE, Dubai - Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Media and Publicity, has dismissed claims that Nigerians can start travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) immediately.
Ngelale said the visa ban on Nigerians had been lifted, and Nigerians could travel to the UAE but would still go through the routine screening for the visa process.
Speaking during an interview on Politics Today on Channels Television, President Tinubu’s spokesman explained that a systemic reform to ensure due diligence is done to the application of Nigerians travelling to the UAE in a way that has not been done before.
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Not business as usual for Nigerians
He stated further that reversing the visa ban on Nigerians does not mean that things would return to normal.
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He clarified that the deal was the immediate lifting of the visa ban on Nigerians going to UAE.
Ngelale said:
"Every agreement comes with mutual responsibility, there's no free lunch. And what I mean by that is the notion that “flood gates open up and that we will go back to business as usual". That is not what Nigerians should expect. I want to be very clear about this so that everybody understands.
He added:
"What we've done is part of the process is put in place new measures that will ensure that there's effective diligence done on the part of both sides, that's the UAE authorities and the Nigerian authorities in making sure that any Nigerian citizen seeking to travel to the UAE for example is being thoroughly scrutinized not in a way that is prejudicial, not in a way that is presumptuous or negative but in a way that ensures that well-meaning citizens, people that want to go and do business or people who want to get education or people who want to participate as active in productive or active citizens in those domains are those people.
"Visa ban on Nigerians lifted immediately": Presidency
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that President Bola Tinubu had successfully secured the suspension of the ban on Nigerians who wanted to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during his visit to the Arab country.
The development was disclosed in a statement signed by the spokesperson to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, and tweeted by the presidency on Monday, September 11.
Reno Omokri, Keyamo, others react as UAE lifts visa ban on Nigerians
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reno Omokri, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, and other prominent Nigerians have commended President Bola Tinubu for successfully securing the suspension of the ban on Nigerians by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
In a post shared via his X (formerly Twitter) page, @renoomokri applauded Presidnt Tinubu
Source: Legit.ng
