- Emirates, Etihad airlines resume flights
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Monday in Abu Dhabi, have finalized a historic agreement, which has resulted in the immediate termination of the visa ban placed on Nigerian travelers.
With this historic agreement, both Etihad Airlines and Emirates Airlines are to immediately resume flight schedules into and out of Nigeria, without any further delay.
Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale in a statement said, as negotiated between the two Heads of State, this immediate restoration of flight activity, through these two airlines and between the two countries, does not involve any immediate payment by the Nigerian government.
In recognition of Tinubu’s economic development diplomacy drive and proposals presented on Monday to his counterpart, an agreed framework has been established, which will involve several billions of U.S. dollars worth of new investments into the Nigerian economy across multiple sectors.
These sectors, according to the presidency, include defense, agriculture and others, by the investment arms of the Government of the United Arab Emirates.
The presidency stated that the Nigerian President is pleased to have successfully negotiated a joint, “new foreign exchange liquidity programme between the two Governments, which will be announced in detail in the coming weeks.”
The President commended the UAE’s President, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for his unalloyed friendship and his determined effort to join hands with him to fully normalize and reset to excellence, the standard of relations between the two important countries.
