UAE denies ban on work permit to Nigerians

The United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Fahad Obaid Al Faffaq says there is no iota of truth in the report that the United Arab Emirates, UAE has placed ban on work permit for Nigerians living and working in the UAE.

Receiving the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission   Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa at the Embassy in Abuja, Dr Fahad Obaid Al Faffaq

said he read with dismay about the purported ban on the social media stressing that the UAE places no restrictions against any Nationality.

The envoy however noted that there are some isolated cases of individuals whose work visas were not renewed for one reason or the other.

He disclosed that UAE last week issued over 50 visas to Nigerians apart from thousands of Nigerians working and living legally in the UAE

Responding the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NiDCOM Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa says the  clarification from the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria is reassuring for Nigerians within and outside the UAE who are worried about the alleged official stoppage of issuance of work permit to Nigerians in the UAE.

The NiDCOM Boss urged Nigerians in the UAE to always obey the laws of their host country, be good Ambassadors and excel in whatever they do.