Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga has clarified that the United Arab Emirates is yet to resume visa issuance to Nigerians.
Onanuga had mislead several Nigerians by sharing a document on Tuesday announcing resumption of visa services to Nigerians effective from March 4, 2023.
Recall that the Arab country had imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians and nationalities of about 20 other Africa countries following developments it was not comfortable with in 2022.
Most Newspapers had quoted Onanuga before he deleted the document on Tuesday afternoon.
Reacting to the report last night, Onanuga in a post to his X Tuesday evening, denied the return of visa processing to Nigerians, saying the document in circulation was neither authorized by Nigeria or the Arab nation.
“UAE has not resumed visa issuance to Nigerians. The document in circulation is not authorized either by the Nigerian government or the UAE,” Onanuga said.
Recall recalls that Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale had made a similar announcement on the resumption of visa services by the UAE to Nigerians in September 2023 but turned out to be untrue.
