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President Muhammadu Buhari has referred to as on the Authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to carry its blanket visa ban on Nigerians.
The President canvassed this place on Tuesday throughout a phone dialog with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who doubles because the Emir of Abu Dhabi.
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Buhari had earlier referred to as Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to condole with him on the demise of his mother-in-law, Sheikha Maryam Al Falasi, throughout which vital problems with mutual concern between the 2 nations got here up.
In line with an announcement issued by the Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari requested that his UAE counterpart assessment the blanket visa ban imposed on Nigerians aspiring to journey to the UAE.
The President recalled that mutually useful wonderful relations have subsisted between the 2 nations over a few years, symbolised by strong financial interactions and common consultations on issues of frequent curiosity, together with engagements on the highest political ranges.
He famous that current irritants in bilateral relations generated by consular points regarding the behaviour of some Nigerians within the UAE are being ironed out, noting that no nation together with Nigeria will condone criminalities and unlawful behaviours.
Buhari subsequently expressed the readiness of the Authorities of Nigeria to use needed sanctions via acceptable judicial course of towards anybody recognized to have dedicated prison acts within the UAE.
He requested that the difficulty be allowed to be dealt with by the related safety/intelligence companies of the 2 nations and to give you lasting options to the issues related to criminalities and illegalities.
The assertion added that Buhari additionally requested a resumption of the suspended operations of Emirates Airline within the nation.
Recall that Emirates Airline had suspended its operations in Nigeria in 2022 within the wake of its incapacity to repatriate funds trapped in Nigeria.
President Buhari assured the UAE chief that the difficulty of the Emirates funds was receiving acceptable consideration alongside these of different international airways working in Nigeria, including that the Central Financial institution of Nigeria had been directed to extend international change allocation to the airline.
