President Tinubu Secures Landmark Deal with United Arab Emirates
The Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan have finalized a historic agreement, which has resulted in the immediate cessation of the visa ban placed on Nigerian travellers.
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.
This resolution came after President Tinubu addressed the deadlock that led to the suspension of flights to Nigeria by Emirates, the UAE’s national carrier.
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In October 2022, the UAE banned nationals of about 20 African countries from entering its borders.
Since the ban, the UAE and Nigeria have been locked in a diplomatic row over issues involving flight allocations and travel restrictions.
In recognition of President Tinubu’s economic development and diplomacy drive and proposals presented to his counterpart, President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an agreed framework has been established.
The framework will involve several billions of U.S. dollars’ worth of new investments into the Nigerian economy across multiple sectors, including defense, agriculture and others, by the investment arms of the Government of the United Arab Emirates.
Additionally, President Tinubu successfully negotiated a joint, new foreign exchange liquidity programme between the two Governments,
President Tinubu commended the UAE President, Al Nahyan, for his unalloyed friendship and determined effort to join hands with him to fully normalize and reset the standard of relations between the two important countries to excellence.