The United Arab Emirates UAE Embassy in Nigeria has debunked rumours making rounds that it is restricting the issuance of visa to Nigerian visitors.
The embassy debunked the reports in a statement released in Abuja and made available via its Twitter handle.
According to the statement, the embassy noted that the Emirate had taken a number of precautionary measures to combat the COVID-19, one of which is the suspension of issuing visas for all nationalities. Read also:Â UAE Orders Nigerians With Expired Visas To Leave Before August 17
It added that some of the measures were eased when the Emirate entered a recovery phase of the pandemic, but travel between her and Nigeria remained limited due to the closure of Nigerian airspace.