NEWS
Nigerians In UAE Lament Inability To Renew Labour Visa, Demand Government’s Intervention
Nigerians within the United Arab Emirates have complained of their incapability to resume their labour visas within the nation.
One of many affected Nigerians, who reached out to SaharaReporters, defined that the ban by the UAE authorities on Nigerian work permits resulted within the lack of jobs of many Nigerians within the nation whereas others had been pressured to return to Nigeria.
He acknowledged additional that it was now a troublesome process for him and different Nigerian nationals to safe jobs within the nation as he lamented that the non-renewal of labour visa was about to earn him a dismissal from his firm.
He urged the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Fee, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, to come back to the rescue of Nigerians in UAE because the Nigerian Embassy was but to make critical intervention ino the matter.
He defined that almost all of the businesses within the nation operated below labour visas for immigrants whereas a couple of others operated in a “free zone.”
In line with him, these within the free zone had been presently renewing their visa whereas these below labour had been presently having a problem.
He stated, “We (Nigerians) have been denied work permits right here in Dubai since final month. And that is affecting many Nigerians right here in UAE. We’re not capable of renew our work permits as soon as those we maintain expire.
“The corporate I’ve been working for since 2015, that has been compensating me effectively, has despatched me a letter that because of the incapability to resume my visa, my appointment can be terminated on August 21, 2021, in order that they will not be implicated in authorized issues. I’ve been working for this firm since 2015.
I’m not the one one going through this drawback. Many Nigerians on the firm I work for and somewhere else are experiencing this; we’re about 20 Nigerians at this firm. Some have been out of jobs and contemplating this isn’t their nation, they’ve returned to Nigeria. Extra Nigerians will nonetheless be despatched again to Nigeria so long as this difficulty persists.
“Most corporations listed here are below labour and it’s not doable to resume the Nigerians labour visas for now. It is just free zone visas which might be being renewed and this free zone visa is simply issued to some individuals.
“One other factor is, it’s troublesome to safe jobs right here in Dubai due to the excessive stage of crimes our guys have dedicated right here.
”However these of us who’re working legally have had points with renewing our passport. Please assist us name on the NIDCOM Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, to come back to our support.”
A bunch representing the curiosity of Nigerians within the nation, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, UAE, additionally revealed plans to start out a web based protest to register the displeasure of these affected by this.
A publish on the Fb web page learn, “The Nigeria authorities ought to rescue her residents languishing and annoyed in UAE as a result of lengthy deadlock between the 2 international locations. #RescueNigeriansInUAE #EndTheLongImpasse #StrengthenLaborTies
“We’ve got made submissions and forwarded to the respective Authorities for his or her perusal. However we want to second it extra with on-line protests.”