The United Arab Emirates Government has agreed to resume operations of Emirates and Etihad Airlines back to Nigeria as well as lifting the visa ban on Nigerian travellers with immediate effect.
This follows a meeting between the leaders of the two countries on Monday. The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the President of the United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met in Abu Dhabi on Monday, where they resolved to lift the visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers and agree on new investments into Africa's largest economy.
Etihad Airways had earlier stopped flights to Nigeria while the UAE government stopped issuing visas to Nigerians last year after Emirates suspended flights due to its inability to repatriate funds from Nigeria back to their own country.
"As negotiated between the two Heads of State, this immediate restoration of flight activity, through these two airlines and between the two countries, does not involve any immediate payment by the Nigerian government," President Ajuri Ngelale's spokesperson said in a statement.
According to Ngelale, the details of a new foreign exchange liquidity programme President Tinubu negotiated between the two countries will be made known very soon.
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