The senate has resolved to intervene in the “diplomatic row”
between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria.
Direct flights between both countries were suspended in
March over issues relating to COVID-19 protocol.
The upper legislative chamber on Tuesday directed its senate
committees on foreign affairs, interior, national security and intelligence to
wade into the matter.
Members of the committees are expected to meet with the
ministry of foreign affairs and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
The senate’s decision followed a motion sponsored by
Enyinnaya Abaribe, senate minority leader.
Abaribe said there are allegations that legal Nigerian
residents in the UAE are losing their jobs on account of the refusal of the
authorities to renew their work permits.
The minority leader said this offends the letters of
bilateral agreements which both nations are signatories.
“There are allegations that hundreds of legal resident
Nigeria living in UAE are losing their jobs on account of the refusal of the
authorities to renew their work permit which offends the letters of bilateral
agreements which both nations are signatory to,” he said.
“There are speculations that the refusal by the UAE
authorities to renew work permits for Nigerians living there is a calculated
attempt to pressure the Nigerian government into accepting their conditions of
service for their national airline that may have lost humongous revenue from
the Nigeria route.
“Further worried that if the Nigerian government does not
urgently engage the authorities of the UAE, thousands of Nigerians living and
working will lose their jobs and means of livelihood hence the need for a quick
interface with the authorities of the UAE.”
Meanwhile, the federal government had on Monday announced
the possible resumption of flights between Nigeria and the UAE.
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