Nigeria can’t take Venezuelan deportees from US, says Yusuf Tuggar
Nigerian Foreign Minister said that the country’s Visa sidewalks and tariff hikes have begun to pressure the Trump administration to accept the boundaries of Venezuela from the United States, following the threats of tariff hikes.
Yusuf Tuggar Private Channels told TV Nigeria has a “enough problem” on its own and will not host foreign prisoners from the USA.
“We already have more than 230 million people.” He said.
“If you agree to accept Venezuela prisoners to Nigeria, you will be the same person who will condemn us.”
“It will not be fair for Nigeria to accept 300 Venezuela exile, dedi he said, and argues that the last visa is not” mutual “, but the pavements on Nigerian travelers by the United States, not” mutual “.
At the beginning of this week, the US State Department, as part of “global reciprocity reorganization”, to Nigerian citizens and Cameroon and Ethiopia almost all non -immigrant and non -diplomatic visas It will now have a single entry and only three months will be valid.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump threatened to hit countries with a 10% tariff against the US interests..
BRICS is the alliance of 11 developing countries designed to challenge the political and economic power of the West. These are: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Nigeria is not a full member of BRICS, but in January it became the ninth common country of the Alliance.
Mr. Tuggar said that the threat of tariff hikes should not have to join BRICS.
“Remember that the United States has put a significant pressure to African countries to accept Venezue people from the United States to deport.”
“A country like Nigeria will be difficult to accept Venezuela prisoners to Nigeria. We have enough problems for ourselves, we cannot accept Venezuela because it cried out loudly to Nigeria.”
Instead, he said that Nigeria wanted to “make an agreement with the United States” because the country “has a” rare worlds needed by too much gas, critical mineral and American technology companies.
When he asked what Nigeria was doing to reach a diplomatic solution, the minister said that the country had met with the US and solved the differences.
Mr. Tuggar’s claim comes after Wall Street Journal Internal documents and resources that say that the Trump administration is forcing leaders quote Liberia, Senegal, Mauritania, Gabon and Gine-Bissau to accept immigrants who have rejected their own countries or have been deported by the US who is slow to get them back.
Trump also implied this during the meeting with five leaders on Wednesday.
“I hope you can reduce visas at a rate of high rates and make progress in third country agreements.” He said.
Liberia refused to receive such communication from Foreign Minister Washington.
