Federal Govt Backs US Visa Ban On Nigerians Undermining Democracy News
democracy. The government said serious sanctions should be meted on those who pose any sort of threat to the nation’s democracy.
“Let me be clear: whatever action is taken against anyone who undermines this democracy that has been watered by the blood of many of our patriots is right and justified,” the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the declaration yesterday at the 20th edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard Series in Abuja.
LEADERSHIP had reported that the US government announced visa restriction on Nigerians who undermined the country’s democracy, a ban it said was not targeted at the Nigerian people or the government but specific individuals. The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, made the announcement last week in a statement but failed to mention the names of the affected people.
The minister bragged that no administration since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999 has shown more fidelity to the democratic process than the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mohammed said, “Let those who undermine our democracy be sanctioned, and let them carry their own cross. As a government, we have no reason to worry because our hands are clean!”He also disclosed that the current administration is creating the template on a smooth transition of power that will guide future administrations.
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