U.S. travel ban: The ‘wage of inaction’
The proclamation signed by President Donald Trump as Executive Order 13780 blocking Nigeria and five other countries from obtaining certain types of visas is expected to take effect on February 22. Assistant EditorTHE United States Department of Homeland Security last week announced a temporary travel restriction on six countries, including Nigeria, thus raising concerns among the citizenry and foreign affairs commentators.
“These countries, for the most part, want to be helpful but for a variety of different reasons simply failed to meet those minimum requirements that we laid out,” acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told reporters. Akinterinwa said it would be a waste of time for the issue to feature on the agenda of the U.S-Nigeria Bi-national Commission, which concluded a few days ago.
They want the Nigerian government to provide adequate information on the immigrant visa – it is not on a business visa or tourist visa. U.S. concern is on landed visa. He urged the presidency to investigate why the diplomatic medium of communication, which is through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, refused to communicate the U.S. government’s concerns to the President and other authorities.
Also, former Ambassador of Nigeria to France Ambassador Akin O. Fayomi and an industrial security consultant and public affairs analyst, Col. Ola Majoyeogbe , urged the Federal Government to address concerns raised by the United States while issuing immigration visa ban. “That said, it is an embarrassment for us to be grouped together with countries like Sudan, Eritrea, etc. What is also galling is the fact that we saw this coming.
Thankfully, Mr. President has risen to the occasion by establishing a committee to look into all the ramifications and to cooperate with the Americans with a view to getting us out of the logjam. The security consultants said: “First, it does not owe the government and people of the affected nations any explanation. Everyone knows that the U.S. is a truly independent nation.
He said the U.S. was apprehensive over the variations of Nigerian data system and third party involvement in the management of the passport system, particularly information and data on lost and stolen passports.
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