US Visa Ban Came To Us As A Rude Shock – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said that the US travel ban on Nigeria came as a rude shock to the country.
Earlier in February, the US President, Donald Trump imposed an immigration visa ban on Nigeria and five other countries including Eritrea, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania “The issue of Nigerian professionals who migrate to the United States to better their skills; it came to us in this Ministry as a rude shock when the US government ban Nigeria and put us in the list of those countries whose immigrant status were cancelled.While responding Ambassador Leonard clarified that the visa ban does not affect people who currently reside in the US, stating that the ban is due to problems of information sharing if addressed, can be reviewed.
She urged the Minister to find mechanisms to harness the abundant entrepreneurial skills in Nigeria’s informal sector and capture it into the formal sector.
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