Trump order: Don’t cancel travel plans – US Embassy begs Nigerians
US Embassy in Nigeria has appealed to Nigerians not to cancel travel plans to the United States.
It said suggestions of a policy change negatively affecting Nigerians are incorrect.
Spokesman Russell K. Brooks responded to an Associated Press request for comment after a Nigerian government statement Monday said some Nigerians with valid multiple-entry U.S. visas were denied entry and put on the next plane home.
Brooks comment reiterated the statement by Nigeria’s foreign minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, denying any Donald Trump ban for Nigerian holders of valid entry visa.
Onyeama said in Abuja on Tuesday that Nigerians were free to travel to US as the country was not on the ban list.
The minister said he was constantly in touch with the Nigerian Ambassador to the US and the US Ambassador to Nigeria, adding that there was no report on Nigerians being denied entry into that country.
“On the issue of Nigerians being turned back from the US, this is not the case.
“I am in touch with the US Embassy and the Ambassador said no, there was nothing of such nature.
“I can tell you to ignore any call or advice to reconsider travelling to the US because there is no basis for that.”
He said that there was absolutely no report whatsoever from the US that people were being turned back from the US or from Nigerian consulate that Nigerians were being turned back.
According to him, if government is speaking on any external relations, it will be heard from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Presidency as any other source is not from the government.
