UAE declines Buhari’s plea, maintains indefinite visa ban on Nigerians
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has declined the plea made by President Muhammadu Buhari to lift a visa ban imposed on Nigerian nationals since October 2022.
However, the visa ban does not affect persons holding diplomatic passports.
Last month, Buhari had appealed to his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayad Al Nahyan, to remove the visa ban on Nigerians in a telephone conversation whose content was relayed by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu.
Also, The Nigerian President disclosed that he has relayed instructions to the Central Bank of Nigeria to increase the amount is foreign exchange allocated to the Emirates Airlines.
However, Since the phone conversation took place nearly a month ago and with Buhari’s presidency ending in June, the UAE appears uninterested in his offer and has remained silent on the matter.
Instead, the UAE maintained that the travel restrictions were as a result of Nigerians and other Africans constituting unrest in its territory through cultism and other illegal activities stay.
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