Presidency speaks on U.S. visa restrictions

 

Garba Shehu

The Presidency has described as mere speculations the reported planned imposition

of visa restrictions on some African and Asian countries including Nigeria by the

America’s government led by President Donald Trump.

A presidential spokesman, who is also the Senior Special Assistant to the President

on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, stated this in a statement in Abuja on

Wednesday.

You would recall that media organisations including online publications quoted

foreign media outfits on Tuesday that the Donald Trump administration had

concluded plans to add seven countries across the world, including Nigeria, to the

country’s travel ban list.

The affected countries included Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania and Eritrea from Africa

while Kyrgyzstan and Belarus from Eastern Europe and Myanmar from Asia.

The presidential aide, however, said: ”Yes, we have read the news that the Trump

administration is planning to add a host of African, Asian and Eastern European

countries to its travel restrictions list as reported by the U.S. media.

”We are not going to react to speculations. We urge you to wait for us to see what

unfolds under the new policy, its scope, its reach, the implications and its

consequences before we react.”

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