Lai Mohammed faults UK, Says Adding Nigeria to Red List countries Discriminatory

BoomRadioNG | December 7, 2021

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has faulted the decision by the United Kingdom to place Nigeria on its red list over the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

He made this known during a press conference in Abuja, on Monday.

The Minister described the ban and Red List as unjust, discriminatory and not based on science.

He said, “As you are aware, Britain has put Nigeria on its red list and banned foreign travels from our country. This is as a result of the discovery of COVID-19 cases – Omicron variant – in Nigeria. Britain now joins other countries, including Canada, which have taken similar action against Nigeria over Omicron.

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed

“Let me say straight away that it’s up to the Presidential Steering Committee to respond to this action by the British government and others, and I have no doubt that the Committee will respond appropriately.

He added; “However, as the Spokesman for the Federal Government, I can say, without mincing words, that the decision by the British government to put Nigeria on the red list, just because of less than two dozen cases of Omicron which, by the way, did not originate in Nigeria, is unjust, unfair, punitive, indefensible and discriminatory. The decision is also not driven by science.”

Paul Ayorinde