The Federal Government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reached an agreement vacating travel restrictions imposed on Nigerians with immediate effect.
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State House correspondents on Monday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Monday.
According to the Minister, effective immediately, Nigerian passport holders can now travel to the UAE.
He said, “Today an agreement has been reached with the UAE effective from today July 15, Nigerian passport holders intending to travel to UAE can do so.”
He said Nigerians seeking more information on the updated visa conditions from the UAE can visit documentverificationhub.ae for additional details.
Recalls that on December 13, 2021, the UAE issued a travel restriction on passengers from Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, citing a surge in COVID-19 cases among travellers from the two African nations.
In June, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, hinted that the visa restriction on Nigerians would soon be lifted, stating that the country had observed all protocols to facilitate the ban.
“We have done everything. We have resolved everything. Just wait for the announcement from the UAE government, and that announcement is imminent. They would announce… I want to give it to them to announce the date,” he said.
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