UAE Lifts Visa Ban On Nigerians, Emirates And Etihad Airlines To Resume Flight Operations To Nigeria

UAE lifts visa ban on Nigerians, Emirates and Etihad airlines to resume flight operations to Nigeria immediately.

Development follows a meeting between President Tinubu and the president of the United Arab Emirates.

UAE stopped issuing visas last year after Emirates suspended flights due to its inability to repatriate funds from Nigeria.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag carriers, Emirates and Etihad airlines, are expected to resume flight operations in Nigeria immediately. In addition, the United Arab Emirates has also lifted its months-long visa ban on Nigerian travellers.

The development follows a productive meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Mohamed bin Zayed, president of the United Arab Emirates, on Monday in Abu Dhabi.

This was made known in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Monday in Abu Dhabi, have finalised a historic agreement, which has resulted in the immediate cessation of the visa ban placed on Nigerian travellers.”

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“Furthermore, by this historic agreement, both Etihad Airlines and Emirates Airlines are to immediately resume flight schedules into and out of Nigeria, without any further delay.”

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) stopped issuing visas to Nigerians last year after Dubai-based Emirates Airlines suspended flights due to its inability to repatriate funds from Nigeria.

“As negotiated between the two Heads of State, this immediate restoration of flight activity, through these two airlines and between the two countries, does not involve any immediate payment by the Nigerian government.”

“In conclusion, the President wishes to commend the UAE President, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for his unalloyed friendship and his determined effort to join hands with him to fully normalize and reset to excellence, the standard of relations between the two important countries.”

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