AMERICA IMPOSES TRAVEL BAN ON NIGERIA, SIX OTHERS

The United States America Government has placed ban on Nigeria and six other nations; Sudan, Eritrea, Tanzania, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar to enter the country to obtain visas that can lead to permanent residency

Penpushing reports that, the ban as made known by the Acting United States of America(USA) Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said the new measure was the result of “failures by the affected countries to meet American security and information-sharing standards”.

“These countries, for the most part, want to be helpful but for a variety of different reasons simply failed to meet those minimum requirements that we laid out’,Wolf said, adding that Nigeria and the other countries will be supported to strengthen their security requirements to help them get off the list.

The report said under the new policy, the American Government said Non-immigrant visas given to visitors for temporary are not affected by the ban, explaining that nationals of Sudan and Tanzania are banned from “diversity visas”, which are available by lottery for applicants from countries with low rates of immigration to the U.S.,.

Penpushing further reports that, Nigeria leads the six countries on immigration to the America, with over 8,000 immigration visas in 2018 alone, while  that year, Sudan received about 2,000, Tanzania got 290 while Eritrea had 31.

Meanwhile, it is recalled that the United States of America(USA) President,  Donald Trump first introduced a travel ban in 2017.