Victory has relations, vanquish is an orphan, notes an ancient African axiom. As Nigeria fades due to economic mismanagement, the world has decoupled in many ways. The US embassy has turned off its visa website for weeks now. The UK has a bigger high voltage searchlight as it sieves the few allowed. But check, you are on your own.
The United Arab Emirates has stopped the issuance of visas to Nigerians. In a statement, Destination Management Companies (DMCs) which manages issuance of visas said: “All Previously submitted Applications are currently on hold. Kindly note this is beyond our control . We will update Once visas start getting Approved”.
Hopefully, our villages will find new visitors (with prepaid negotiations with bandits). Do not blame Dubai (UAE) for its call; we have extremely bad young people who are damaging our reputation and discrediting the amazing work Nigerians in the UAE are doing.
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With that said, UAE must not be allowed to discriminate on the basis of national origin. If it wants to be taken seriously as a modern nation, it has to have a filter and not execute a blanket ban on Nigerians! I call on the Nigerian government to challenge this illegality. A visa ban based on national origin is illegal under the UN Charter.
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If Nigeria doesn’t disappoint you, Nigerians will.
Now I have to prove my goodness and civility to every creature out there, even when the universe knows between both of us who ought to be proving something to the other.
It is well.