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In a typical replay of shutting the stable after the horse had bolted, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama last week scrambled to Washington, D.C., in order to “understand the reasoning” behind the US visa restrictions on Nigerians. Yet while speaking at a joint news conference with US Secretary of State, Mr. Mike Pompeo, Onyeama said Nigeria was indeed aware of its obligations.

According to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf, Nigeria and the other five countries “lack either the will or the capability” to adhere to new screening and vetting criteria imposed by the U.S. government since March 2017.” The US said that Nigeria did not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria-assessed by the performance metrics.

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