The Federal Authorities and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reached an settlement vacating journey restrictions imposed on Nigerians with quick impact.
Nigeria’s Minister of Data and Nationwide Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State Home correspondents on Monday after the Federal Govt Council (FEC) assembly presided over by President Bola Tinubu on the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Monday.
In response to the Minister, efficient instantly, Nigerian passport holders can now journey to the UAE.
He mentioned, “At the moment an settlement has been reached with the UAE efficient from right now July 15, Nigerian passport holders aspiring to journey to UAE can achieve this.”
LEADERSHIP recollects that on December 13, 2021, the UAE issued a journey restriction on passengers from Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, citing a surge in COVID-19 instances amongst travellers from the 2 African nations.
Nigeria’s case was additional exacerbated with ensuing diplomatic dispute between Nigeria and the UAE concerning the Air Peace’s flight frequency to the UAE and funds owed UAE’s Emirates Airways trapped within the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN) on the time.
Air Peace had requested three weekly flights to Sharjah Airport, however the UAE’s Basic Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) granted just one.
The GCAA said that Air Peace couldn’t anticipate to retain its flight frequency after withdrawing from Sharjah Airport, a declare the Nigerian Airways denied.
In response, the Nigerian federal authorities lowered Emirates’ flight slots from 21 to at least one, prompting the Dubai-based airline to droop all flights to Nigeria.
