NIGERIA, UAE SETTLE IMPASSE RESUME VISA ISSUANCE

The visa face-off between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates has been settled.

This is according to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo.

As such, he said the UAE government would soon lift the travel barrier debarring Nigerians from visiting the UAE especially Dubai.

Keyamo made the disclosure on Monday at a welcome dinner for delegates attending the International Air Transport Association 80th Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit taking place in Dubai, UAE.

The UAE imposed the visa ban on Nigeria in connection with a number of diplomatic disputes.

President Bola Tinubu had in August 2023 waded into the dispute between the UAE and Nigeria over the issuance of visas as well as the face-off with Emirates Airlines that had made the carrier stop flights into Nigeria.

At the AGM where over 2000 delegates were seated, Keyamo was accompanied into the hall with the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum amid applause.

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