Check Facts: Does Nigeria impose a mineral blockade “After we ‘prohibited travel’ as claimed by the Facebook page?

Claiming: Nigeria has imposed a mineral blockade in the United States after the last “travel ban”.

Indictment: FALSE.

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On July 2, the Facebook page circulated the video claim That Nigeria has imposed a mineral blockade in the US after the last registered Nigeria among 25 other African countries in the list of new visa restrictions.

Remember that in June, Washington released a statement that will be faced by citizens from 34 countries Visa restrictions If their government fails to “comply with the new requirements set from the US State Department within 60 days …”.

Including Nigeria, other countries affected by visa restrictions are Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Benin; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Dominica; Ethiopia; Egypt; Gabon; Gambia and Ghana.

Others are Ivory Beach; Kyrgyzstan; Liberia; Malawi; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Sao Tome and Principle; Senegal; South Sudan; Syria; Tanzania; Tonga; Tuvalu; Uganda; Vanuatu; Zambia; and Zimbabwe.

What is this development method is that citizens from affected countries may have to go through enormous obstacles to travel to the US

After the news spread, the Facebook page shared a video for 21 minutes to tell 782,000 followers that Nigeria had replied by placing a mineral block in the US

“Nigeria broke down. They took back their mineral resources from the US when I spoke to you now, the US has banned Nigeria,” said the page handling in the first 10 seconds of the video. The man further urged viewers to comment and share when they watch the remaining video section.

Nigeria and the US have diplomatic and economic ties, trade in petroleum, gold and other resources.

Trend video has attracted attention online. So far, more than 2,500 Facebook users have reacted to the video.

Verification:

Nigeria’s ripples reported That the Nigerian government through the Foreign Ministry has urged the US to reconsider visa restrictions in the country.

In a statement issued in Abuja by a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kimebi Ebienfa, a federal government, described the policy as “unfair and disproportionate.”

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs X handle

The 4-Paragraph statement was released on July 9-a few days after the Facebook video was posted.

Riak Nigeria reported that the statement did not contain the threat of mineral blockade in the US

The Facebook page review that spreads the information revealed that the page was first created in 2015, managed by people based in Nigeria but has an address as “15 Barker Street, Bobalong, WA, Australia.”

When working on claims, Nigeria ripples Report that the Nigerian government denies a similar viral claim. Contrary to viral claims, the President said he did not stop the issuance of a five -year double entry visa to citizens of the United States.

Conclusion:

Nigeria has not imposed a mineral blockade on the US as suggested by social media claims. Also,

The US government only released a statement about visa restrictions and not a visa prohibition.

The Nigerian government also denied the claim that they had stopped the issuance of a five -year double entry visa to citizens of the United States.