The nationwide publicity secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has accused the Bola Tinubu administration of desperation after Japan denied making a particular visa class for expert Nigerians.
Abdullahi, a former minister of sports activities, was reacting to the clarification by the Japanese international ministry on Monday that it had no plans to subject any particular visas for Nigerians or Africans.
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“Alternatively, there aren’t any plans to take measures to advertise the acceptance of immigrants or subject particular visas for residents of African international locations, and the collection of reviews and bulletins regarding such measures usually are not true,” the Japanese international ministry mentioned in an announcement.
This was in direct contradiction to an earlier assertion launched by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director of Data on the State Home, on August 22. Oladunjoye had claimed that Japanese authorities would introduce “a particular visa class for extremely expert, revolutionary, and gifted younger Nigerians who need to transfer to Kisarazu to dwell and work.”
The federal government assertion additionally prompt that “artisans and different blue-collar staff from Nigeria who’re able to upskill will profit from the particular dispensation visa to work in Japan.”
However Abdullahi dismissed the declare as deceptive and damaging to Nigeria’s credibility. Writing on X, he mentioned, “At #TICAD9, the APC Federal Authorities claimed that the Japanese authorities had agreed to subject ‘particular visa classes’ to Nigerians. This denial by the Japanese authorities reveals that the Tinubu/APC authorities have develop into so determined for optimistic headlines that they’d not thoughts spreading #FakeNews.”
He added, “The reality is, with this authorities, we don’t know what to consider anymore. This embarrassment simply has to cease.”
The visa controversy has sparked criticism from opposition figures, who argued that the federal authorities’s dealing with of the matter has additional dented Nigeria’s worldwide picture.
