Business News of Tuesday, 4 February 2020Source: thisdaylive.comWe informed Nigeria of impending visa ban - USFile photoThe United States Government has said it notified all foreign governments of a change in its performance metrics for identity-management and information sharing criteria since March 11, 2019, which led to the visa ban on those countries. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had initially described the report of the visa ban as speculative, stressing however, that if it turned out to be true, the federal government would respond comprehensively. "DHS identified the worst-performing countries for further interagency review and for an assessment of the potential impact of visa restrictions. "In addition, the United States government, led by the department of state, continued or increased engagements with many countries about those countries' deficiencies." Mohammed had initially described as ill-conceived, the plan by the US to add Nigeria to its existing list of visa travel ban countries.

Source: GhanaWeb February 04, 2020 04:30 UTC