\n\nThe Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says no fewer than 150 Nigerians were disallowed from travelling out of the country in the last four months in the fight against human trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Abdullahi Usman, the Comptroller in charge of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, made this known to newsmen, while receiving the management of Access Bank at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Usman, those refused departure were within the range age of 16 to 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey were sensitised on the reasons for their refusal and most of them were satisfied,\u201d NAN quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe told them that if they had gone, it would have been a disaster for them. We also ensure they were profiled at the same venue where the returnees were being kept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey witnessed the returnees and it became very clear to them. Most of them were innocent of where they are going to, while some of them knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we came, we introduced anti-human trafficking to look basically into human tracking issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The comptroller said that no fewer than 58, 000 visas were issued from January to Dec. 5 on arrival to foreigners who arrived through the MMIA in Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that most of the beneficiaries were investors coming into the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the visa-on-arrival procedure was targeted at investors coming into Nigeria to do business as part of the Ease of Doing Business policy of the Federal Government.
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