US Bans Visas Issuance To Foreigners For Birth Purposes

The United States, says it will no longer issue visas to foreigners who want to give birth in the country.
According to a statement released by the office of the press secretary, the rule will be effective from Friday, January 24.
Similarly, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites said that there was no basis for the United States to extend visa restrictions to Nigeria simply because of their activities in the country.
The President, Media Forum for Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim Musa, made this known to newsmen in Kaduna, yesterday, in reaction to a former Nigerian diplomat who cited the movement as one of the reasons the President Donald Trump administration might extend visa restriction to Nigeria.
The new restrictions would apply to travellers and immigrants from Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania.
A retired director of Trade and Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb Rasheed Akinkuolie, had noted that Nigeria might have been placed on the US restriction list on the account of its large Shi’ites population.
Akinkuolie said, “There is a large Shi’ites population in Nigeria and there is a problem between the US and Iran over the killing of the commander of the Quds Forces, Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
He had added, “There have been demonstrations in many northern cities and even in Abuja over the killing of Soleimani and they even burnt US flags. That is a signal. Remember a Nigerian, Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted to bomb an American plane on behalf of Al-Qaeda.”
However, the Shi’ites spokesman took exception to that reason adduced by the ex-diplomat, insisting that the group could not be the reason for the US planned visa restriction to Nigeria.