Omicron: UK restriction on Nigeria is travel apartheid, says Nigerian High Commissioner

Omicron: UK restriction on Nigeria is travel apartheid, says Nigerian High Commissioner


The Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sarafa Isola, has described the travel ban slammed on Nigeria by the UK as travel apartheid, and discriminatory.

He said Nigeria aligned with the position of the United Nations Secretary-General that there should be no travel apartheid against countries with Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Speaking on CNN Quest Means Business on Monday night, the high commissioner submitted that Omicron was brought to Nigeria by travellers from the UK, stressing that the travel ban has caused an outrage in the country.

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