Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the travel ban on Nigeria and other African countries will not work.
He spoke at the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa while reacting to what some African leaders said about the recent travel ban on some African countries by the United Kingdom.
Although the Forum focuses on peace and security, this year’s edition buttresses the impact COVID-19 pandemic had on peace and security, and post-COVID recovery.
Onyeama said: “We follow the World Health Organisation’s advice and what they consider not to be the best practice on COVID-19, which is travel restrictions, don’t achieve anything as such.
“Our position aligns with the World Health Organisation’s position. The Director General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom, is saying that these travel bans are not the solution and that your standard protocols should suffice to address the situation.