Good People, many do not like the fact that I did a “small celebration” that Nigeria was not included in the potential US visa ban or restricted visa list. Please take it easy, and do not trivialize the matter. The fact is this, when the US restricts visas or bans visas, politicians are NEVER fully affected because they have diplomatic passports. Who are the victims? Ordinary citizens including families, students and businesspeople.
I like the angle some have pushed as the reason for the escape, including the fact that Trump’s daughter is married to a Lebanese whose parents have Nigeria as home. So, if he does ban visas from Nigeria, his extended in-laws may struggle to visit. Lol. And on that one, I have also asked the extended in-laws to ask for debt cancellations for Nigeria!!!
Who knows as in ancestral Igbo “ezi ogo bu ikwu ato” (a good in-law is a third kindred), connecting to that powerful name “Nneka” which means Mother is Supreme. When a man loses his home, and his kinsmen have kicked him out, the only refuge is the mother’s place and yes the in-law’s place, making it clear that marriage is communal in nature, and not a personal private contract between two people. By Trump’s daughter being married to a young man who has lived extensively in Nigeria, that “refuge” is ironclad like NATO’s article 5 because that is the African culture. Trump understands that, and he needs to be soft on Nigeria.
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Good People, take it easy. Do not be offended that I am happy that Nigeria was not in a ban list. This is not a trivial issue as I have three PhD students whose schools have informed their funding grants have been frozen, and if they cannot find alternative funds to pay their school fees, they would be dropped. Schools are rescinding admission offer letters. At least on travel visas, if a little refuge comes there, allow me to celebrate that.
As that happens, I will end as in my last post: “Good Call, Mr. President for not including Nigeria though I am not happy to see some African countries there. Remove them.”
Nice Sunday everyone.
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