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Tinubu Requests To Resolve The Dispute Between Emirates Airlines And Nigeria
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, has ordered the immediate resolution of the dispute between Nigeria and Emirates Airlines EMIRA.UL and the issuance of visas to the United Arab Emirates, the President's spokesman said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United Arab Emirates stopped issuing visas to Nigerians last year, after Emirates Airline suspended its flights to the country due to the failure to get their money stuck in Nigeria, which is the largest economy of any country. wealth in Africa.
In a statement issued by Tinubu's office on Thursday, he said he met with the UAE ambassador to Nigeria, Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, adding that he is ready "personally" to intervene in the conflict to achieve equality.
"We must work together. We need to agree on important issues related to aviation and immigration," Tinubu said in the statement.
The statement quoted Al-Shamsi as saying, "we are on the way to find a solution. These are small issues, we are like one family, and they will be resolved."
Emirates Airlines said last March that it had "significant amounts of revenue" stuck in Nigeria and efforts to recover them were slow.
Nigeria holds at least $743 million in revenue from international airlines operating in the country, the International Airlines Association (IATA) said in March.