Visa Ban: Ngige Condemns US Action

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has described the decision of US to include Nigeria in the list of countries under the US travel ban as shocking .

He  said  that the ban was unwarranted judging by the contribution of Nigerian professionals to the US economy.

The minister spoke during the visit of the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, to his office.

He said, “Some of these Nigerians are medical doctors, engineers and people with a high level of proficiency in oil and gas fields. They were all part of the Nigerian residents in the US and it came to us as a rude shock when the US government banned Nigerians and put us in the list of those countries whose residency status have been cancelled.”

Leonard promised that the ban would be reviewed if Nigeria  could meet some certain conditions.

She said that Nigeria needed to meet information-sharing goals before the decision would be reversed by the US.

The ban which she said did not include student’s visa, said the ban was not based on character  but the need to share information.

She said, “I need to clarify something for you here, the immigrant visa ban does not affect people who are currently resident in the United States. It does not cancel the status of anyone who currently is in the United States.

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