Mary Beth Leonard, the American ambassador to Nigeria has revealed the condition for reviewing the visa restriction imposed on Nigeria.
Leonard revealed this on Tuesday, February 17, after meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige in Abuja.
The ambassador noted that the US wants Nigeria to sort out problems with information sharing.
“I need to clarify something for you here. The immigrant visa ban does not affect people who are currently resident in the United States. It does not cancel the status of anyone who currently lives in the United States.
“What Secretary Pompey said was that it was meant to be temporary. And it is about problems with information sharing which are investigable, achievable and resolvable and we look forward to Nigeria in a very short time being able to meet those information-sharing goals so that the decision can be reviewed.”
Recall that the United States President, Donald Trump added Nigeria and six others to a new list of countries on America’s visa restriction.
According to the report, Nigerians would not be barred from entering the country but would not be issued with certain types of visas.
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