{"id":2022,"date":"2023-09-15T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2023-09-15T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T06:00:04","slug":"fg-making-efforts-to-resolve-visa-issues-with-uae-says-nigerian-minister-of-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/09\/15\/fg-making-efforts-to-resolve-visa-issues-with-uae-says-nigerian-minister-of-aviation\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Making Efforts to Resolve Visa Issues with UAE, Says Nigerian Minister of Aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Uchendu Alexis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government of Nigeria, under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, is actively engaged in resolving the visa-related challenges that Nigerian travelers have encountered with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, provided insights into the government&#8217;s efforts during his address at the closing ceremony of the 7th African Aviation Summit held in Abuja on Thursday, September 14, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keyamo stressed the significance of reciprocal rights outlined in the Bilateral Air Services Agreements (BASA) between Nigeria and the UAE. He underscored the importance of establishing a balanced and equitable relationship between the two nations, particularly concerning air travel and visa policies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the ongoing visa issues, Keyamo revealed, &#8220;We are actively working out the details. When two countries reach a consensus at the highest level, it triggers the collaborative efforts of various government agencies to work out the finer points. We are currently engaged in this process, striving to resolve all the intricacies involved.&#8221; While he refrained from providing a specific timeframe for the resolution, he acknowledged the complexities inherent in reinstating airline operations on a route, which encompass logistical considerations, flight rescheduling, and securing necessary permissions from local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Keyamo emphasized the imperative that UAE airlines must extend reciprocal rights to Nigerian carriers in accordance with the terms of the BASA. He articulated that the UAE authorities had committed to granting Nigeria the same number of slots that Nigeria had provided them within the country, signaling a commitment to parity and fairness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This recent development follows the momentous announcement made by the Special Adviser to the President on Media &amp; Publicity on Monday, September 11, 2023. The announcement highlighted President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s successful negotiation for the immediate cessation of the UAE Visa ban on Nigerians, along with the establishment of other historic agreements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uchendu Alexis &nbsp; The Federal Government of Nigeria, under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, is actively engaged in resolving the visa-related challenges that Nigerian travelers have encountered with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, provided insights into the government&#8217;s efforts during his address at the closing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-2022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2024,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022\/revisions\/2024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}