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Buhari: 'The United States will soon remove visa ban imposed on Nigeria'
Aug 14, 2020
Nigeria will soon have an immigrant visa ban imposed on her by the United States overturned, according to President Muhammadu Buhari.
In January, U.S President, Donald Trump, added Nigeria to a list of seven countries for visa restrictions.
On Trump’s travel ban list were Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania.
Afterwards, Mary-Beth Leonard who is the U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, said the restriction imposed on Nigeria could be lifted if the country improves her data intelligence and guarantees a seamless sharing of information between both countries, among other conditions.
On Thursday, August 13, 2020, President Buhari said Nigeria is making progress on the reversal of U.S suspension of the issuance of "immigrant visas" to Nigerian passport holders.
President Muhammadu Buhari. [Twitter@BashirAhmaad]
Receiving the report of the committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonization chaired by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, the president expressed delight that two out of the six areas of concern raised by the United States have been fully addressed.
The committee was set up in February to address issues that led to the U.S visa ban on Nigeria.
Buhari commended the committee for its patriotic diligence in carrying out the assignment and assured Nigerians and the international community of the timely implementation of the committee’s recommendations.
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