*Demands unfettered access to various destinations
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has alerted that about 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians are not being allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival late Thursday evening.
According to a statement on Friday by the Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NIDCOM. Gabriel Odu, Hon Dabiri-Erewa has called on those concerned with passages and movement of persons and services along contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition for about 7000 Nationals, including Nigerians to have unfettered access to their various destinations.
Hon Dabiri-Erewa added that the Nigerian mission in Egypt has been working tirelessly on this as the Egyptian authorities are insisting on visas by fellow Africans to transit back to their countries.
She then appealed to the Egyptian authorities to kindly allow the already traumatised travellers to transit to their final destinations in various countries in Africa.
