Onyeama wants Nigerians to ignore Dabiri, says you can travel to US

A day after the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, cautioned Nigerians against traveling to the United States (US), the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has asked Nigerians to disregard the caution.

Dabiri-Erewa had in a statement on Monday said that Nigerians “without any compelling or essential reasons” should hesitate before traveling to the US.

She had said, “In the last few weeks, the office has received a few cases of Nigerians with valid multiple-entry US visas being denied entry and sent back to Nigeria. In such cases reported to the office, such affected persons were sent back immediately on the next available flight and their visas were cancelled.”

She added that “No reasons were given for the decision by the US immigration authorities,” she said the recommendation to postpone trips was agreed “until there is clarity on the new immigration policy from Washington.”

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However, Onyeama who spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, asked Nigerians to debunk the minister’s travel caution, advising that Nigerians with valid travel documents who intend traveling to the US should go ahead without fears.

According to the Minister, the US Ambassador to Nigeria and other top officials had revealed that Nigerians will in no way be affected by the new travel ban in the US.

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