{"id":8437,"date":"2025-08-26T12:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=8437"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:16:21","slug":"national-embarrassment-has-to-stop-adc-slams-tinubu-govt-as-japan-denies-special-visa-creation-for-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/08\/26\/national-embarrassment-has-to-stop-adc-slams-tinubu-govt-as-japan-denies-special-visa-creation-for-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"National Embarrassment Has To Stop\u2019 \u2013 ADC Slams Tinubu Govt As Japan Denies Special Visa Creation For Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has reacted to Japan\u2019s denial of claims made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s administration regarding the creation of a special visa category for Nigerians.<\/h3>\n
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The interim spokesperson for the party,\u00a0 Bolaji Abdullahi, expressed frustration with the ruling administration\u2019s attempts to garner positive headlines.<\/p>\n

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced the launch of the JICA Africa Hometown during the 9th Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama, aiming to strengthen exchanges between African countries and Japanese local governments.<\/p>\n

JICA designated four cities in four African countries.<\/p>\n

A statement dated August 22 and signed by the Director of Information at the State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye, stated that the Japanese government would create special visas for skilled Nigerians and the development was widely reported both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n

Japan Denial<\/h2>\n

However, the Japanese Foreign Ministry has confirmed that there are no plans to issue special visas for Nigerians, as initially stated by the Nigerian government.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Monday, the Japanese foreign ministry clarified that the \u201cJICA Africa Hometown\u201d programme, which was launched during the 9th Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama, aims to foster exchanges between African countries and Japanese local governments. However, it did not include any provisions for special visa categories for Nigerians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe JICA Africa Hometown programme plans to promote exchanges between the four Japanese cities and the four African countries through various activities,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the Japanese statement read.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the other hand, there are no plans to take measures to promote the acceptance of immigrants or issue special visas for residents of African countries, and the series of reports and announcements concerning such measures are not true.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This Embarrassment Has To Stop<\/h2>\n

Reacting to Japan\u2019s recent clarification, Abdullahi slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government\u2019s narrative, accusing them of fabricating information to bolster their image.<\/p>\n

He said:\u00a0\u201cAt #TICAD9, the APC Federal Government claimed that the Japanese authorities had agreed to issue \u2018special visa categories\u2019 to Nigerians.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis denial by the Japanese authorities shows that the Tinubu\/APC government has become so desperate for positive headlines that they would not mind spreading #FakeNews.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

He added that such behaviour by the government undermines trust in its statements: \u201cThe truth is, with this government, we don\u2019t know what to believe anymore. This embarrassment has to stop.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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