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Nigeria is Making Progress in Reversing US Visa Restrictions- Buhari

by Rosemary Opara
August 14, 2020
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The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday said that the country is making progress in reversing the US visa restrictions to Nigerian passport holders, as two out of six areas of concern raised have been fully addressed.

The president, who divulged this on Thursday in Abuja after receiving a report of the committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonisation chaired by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, averred that two out of the six areas of concern raised by the US had been fully addressed.

The suspension, which came into effect on February 21 this year, however does not apply to other U.S visas such as those for official, business, tourism and student travel.

Buhari, who assured Nigerians and the international community of the timely implementation of the committee’s recommendations after due consideration, lauded the committee for patriotic diligence in carrying out the assignment.

“I also note the progress made by Nigeria towards the removal of the visa restrictions as two out of the six areas of concern raised by the United States had been fully addressed, two are substantially satisfied while some progress is being made on the remaining two.”

He further expressed delight that the progress, especially the uploading of Lost and Stolen Passport and Travel Documents has been acknowledged by the US government.

The committee had among other things recommended the establishment of a National Criminal Information Management fashioned after the INTERPOL model, and a National Criminal DNA Laboratory, to aid criminal investigation, administration of criminal justice as well as sharing of relevant information.

The president hinted that the implementation of these and other far-reaching recommendations as articulated in the Report will fully address all outstanding issues that led to the visa restrictions.

He adds, “An effective Citizen Data Management System is critical for socio-economic planning, improved service delivery and good governance, as well as national and global security. It also has the over-arching benefit of enhancing integrity of the nation’s citizens’ identity instruments for the purpose of information sharing.

“Accordingly, the Committee’s recommendations on the strategies for harmonizing existing databases, improving the infrastructure for the National Identity Database as well as a review of the supervisory mechanism of the National Identity Management Commission would be given serious consideration.

“The implementation of the recommendations as estimated by the Committee would require enormous resources. In this regard, an Implementation Committee would be constituted to further study the recommendations and develop a workable implementation plan,” says Buhari.

He further assured Nigerian government’s commitment to sustaining the follow-up for the removal of the visa restrictions by the United States and developing a credible harmonized National Identity Data Management System.

The president, however, recalled that the FG’s response to the temporary visa restrictions placed on Nigerian citizens by the US in January this year led to the setting up of the committee to review the restrictions and develop systems and processes that would address the security concerns raised.

Consequently, the committee was set up in February this year to address issues that led to the U.S temporary visa restrictions on Nigerian passport holders.

Buhari posited, “In consideration of the fact that the concerns raised cast doubts on the credibility of the nation’s citizen identity data management system, the scope of the Committee’s assignment was expanded to include strategies to harmonize the various citizen identity data held by different Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.”

While noting that he had gone through the highlights of the Report, he commended the Chairman and members of the Committee for painstakingly carrying out the assignment in spite of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The recommendations as highlighted are capable of addressing the concerns raised by the US Government as well as lead to the development of a reliable national citizen identity data management system,” he said.

The Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonisation, Rauf Aregbesola recalled that the body was set up on February 3 this year to among others, review the visa restrictions imposed by the US and develop systems and processes that would address the security concerns raised.

The minister said another mandate was to review the status of Nigeria’s numerous citizen identification data, including biometrics, held by different ministries, departments and agencies, and propose strategies for the harmonisation of same.

Aregbesola said, “It is our hope that the findings, strategies and implementation plans proffered, if fully implemented, will expedite the lifting of the visa restrictions while bequeathing to the nation an enduring identity management system.”

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