Africans No Longer Need Visa To Enter Nigeria, Buhari Announces In Egypt

Despite the continued border closure by the Nigerian government, president Buhari today said that African nationals would no longer need visa to enter Nigeria.

Buhari said this in Egypt at the ongoing Aswan Forum, according to Ambassador Ahmed Awad, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

Earlier this year, the Nigerian government blamed killer herdsmen from Chad, Libya, Niger Republic and other African countries for the incessant killings in the Nigerian hinterlands especially Kogi, Benue, Enugu, Anambra, Ekiti, Ogun and Ebonyi state.

Awad, who was at the Aswan Forum in a tweet said that starting from January 2020, all Africans will be able to arrive in Nigeria without visa.

He said, “I wish to profoundly commend President @MBuhari of #Nigeria who just announced at the Aswan Forum complete visa exemption for all Africans.

“Starting January 2020, Africans will be able to arrive in Nigeria without visas.

“It’s such an exemplary decision. Thanks your Excellency.”