Governors Forum speaks on Fayemi being denied US visa

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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has dismissed an online medium’s report which suggested that its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, was denied Visa by the United States’ embassy.
The online medium had reported that Dr Fayemi had his Visa request turned down because the election that returned him to power was allegedly rigged.


Reacting on Saturday, NGF’s Head of Media, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, in a statement, said it was necessary to correct what he called the “mischievous report” on the United States’ visa application of its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti state.
“Anyone conversant with US Visa application procedure knows that applicants are now routinely taken through administrative processing before visas are issued.


“When the American Embassy indicated that the visa may not be ready by Friday, 8th November, Dr Fayemi retrieved his passport because of a crucial speaking engagement at the AfDB Africa Investment Forum in South Africa on Monday, 11th November 2019. “It is imperative to mention here that the NGF Chairman, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, only just returned from the United States where he attended the United Nation’s General Assembly where the NGF organized a high-level side meeting on the 27th of September 2019,” the statement added.

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