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Top on the news today through the eyes of Punch Newspapers: The diplomatic row between Nigeria and South Africa deepened on Tuesday night as another batch of 16 South Africans were deported from the country.This brings to 44 the number of South Africans deported from Nigeria in two days.Immigration sources at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos said the 16 deportees, who arrived in Nigeria aboard a South African Airways Airbus A330 at about 8:30pm, were denied entry due “improper travel documents”.
According to the sources, the exercise was supervised by the Deputy Controller of Immigration in charge of the MMIA, Mrs. Rebecca Ayuba. Ayuba was said to be acting on ‘order from above’.
It was learnt that the repatriation of South Africans might continue if their government refuse to stop the alleged maltreatment of Nigerians travelling to Southern African country over a lack of genuine yellow fever vaccination cards.Twenty-eight South Africans were sent back home on Monday night for improper travel documentation and lack of travel health certificate, according to immigration sources.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, the aviation industry regulator, has summoned South African Airways and Arik Air to explains circumstances surrounding the spate of deportation of Nigerians travelling to South Africa.The Director-General, NCAA, Dr. Harold Demuren, met with officials of the two airlines in a closed-door meeting at the agency’s headquarters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Tuesday, according to aviation industry sources.
Details of the meeting could not be ascertained as at press time.
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Simply Cheska...
Chances might be if I come Naija now,I may not re enter SA with all this going on....please they should resolve this matter ASAP ,SA knows very well that we boost their economy through Tourism and they are not exempted yet from the list of most corrupt Nation too.
ReplyDeleteYes 95% of the yellow card are acquired just at the airport before boarding,but why this wahala because of a yellow card......they implemented this yellow card thing because we have malaria in Nigeria and they don't in SA,so anyone coming from Naija must show that he/she is currently not suffering from malaria.
Really I don't know if this is political or some sort of misunderstanding between this two.
Dem go hear am wey dey go synagogue for healing !
Sorry..yellow card for yellow fever then for malaria.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree with Ɣ☺ΰ more @Oly.It could be political but yellow cards aren't Gud enough reasons 4 this international embarrassment!
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