Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, says the Chinese
medical team who arrived in Nigeria on April 8, are still within the country
despite the expiration of their visas.
Speaking on Tuesday during the briefing of the presidential
task force on COVID-19, Aregbesola said the team members were issued a 30-day
visa in Beijing, China.
The minister, however, explained that they have been unable
to return their country due to the restriction placed on air travels.
“Indeed 15 Chinese nationals came into Nigeria on the 8th of
April,” he said.
“From everything we have heard and said, they were here on
the bill of CCECC, a Chinese company working in Nigeria, doing some work for us
in several places. And in conjunction with some Nigerian companies, they agreed
to support us with efforts to respond to the pandemic.
“At Idu, they participated in retrofitting and equipping the
isolation centre there. They equally worked on the dome project that was handled
by the NNPC consortium in conjunction with THISDAY. Those are the location in
which they came to work.
“Fifteen of them came in on April 8. They came on a 30-day
visa issued in Beijing but they are still here.
“They are still here not because they have not completed
their job but because there is a restriction on travels in Nigeria occasioned
by the COVID-19 protocols.”
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Was there not travel restrictions when they flew in from China? This excuse is not it,why don't you extend their visa? Can anyone stays in their country with expired visa?
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