The United
States of America under a strict order by President Donald Trump recently
banned Nigeria for particular reasons relating to immigration and the wrongful
sharing of information by Nigerians.
According
to Naijapals.com, the U.S ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, on her
visit to the Nigerian Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige,
in Abuja, on Tuesday explained that the recent visa ban to Nigerians is
resolvable, if certain conditions are met and correct information is given
through the right channels.
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Leonard explained that the US will
like to see Nigeria work harder towards diversifying her economy and exploiting
the huge entrepreneurial manpower abound in the country.
With
issues relating to the visa ban, 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
lives in the United States.
What Secretary Pompey said was that it was meant to
be temporary. And it is about problems with information sharing which are
investigable, achievable and resolvable and we look forward to Nigeria in a
very short time being able to meet those information sharing goal so that the
decision can be reviewed,”
Student
visas are not affected by the current visa ban.
The
Ambassador said Nigeria should look inwards to exploit the huge entrepreneurial
manpower and diversify her economy.
“I
think for Nigeria you have an interesting story about diversification of your
economy and prosperity of your economy and its people. You know Nigerians are
so well known at home and abroad for their industriousness. You know you hear
about how much of the activity in the informal sector. So I wonder how you
think about capturing that entrepreneurial spirit and to bringing it into the
formal sector in service and to enhance employment,” she said
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