Dubai Gives Nigerians In The Country Ultimatum To Leave

Nigerians living in the  United Arab Emirates (UAE) with expired visas have been asked to leave the country before August 17.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Nigerian embassy in Abu Dhabi said UAE has granted waivers on fines and penalties on visas that expired before March 1.

Affected citizens have been urged by the embassy to submit their papers for emigration processing.

The embassy also advised Nigerians to join the evacuation flights arranged from the country before the deadline.

“The Embassy wishes to inform that the government of the United Arab Emirates has granted waivers on fines/penalties on visas that expired before 1st March 2020 to leave the country on or before 17th of August, 2020,”  the statement read.

“Consequently, the Embassy is urging fellow Nigerians living in the UAE to avail themselves of this opportunity to return home with the impending Air Peace evacuation flight scheduled for 1st August, 2020, and or subsequent Emirates evacuation flights before the expiration of the grace period.

“Accordingly, affected Nigerian nationals who are willing to return home are kindly requested to submit their names and passport numbers to the Embassy and or the Consulate for onward transmission to the UAE authorities in order to obtain the necessary clearance.”

The recent bad reports about Nigerians In the news may have necessitated this development.

In June, some Nigerians including Abass Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi, internet celebrity, were arrested by the Dubai Police for fraud.