The European delegation and the EU member states in Nigeria have continued to issue a certain category of visas, in thousands, to Nigerians despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The EU, said this in a statement titled, ‘Travel visas to Europe,’ on Tuesday, said priority was given to many students wanting to study Europe.
“As one example of many, we are assisting whenever necessary; the record number of 93 selected Nigerian Erasmus scholars.
“In 2020, more Nigerian students were selected for the prestigious Erasmus programme than ever before, showing that the EU would not be deterred by the COVID-19 crisis in giving priority to the support of Nigerian youth,” it said.
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By Onyebuchi Ezigbo
The European Union (EU) has deplored the low participation of women in politics and governance in Nigeria.
Speaking yesterday at a âRoundtable of Policy Makers and Stakeholders on Female Participation in Politicsâ that was organised by the Policy and Advocacy Centre (PLAC) in Abuja, the Head of Delegation of the EU in Nigeria, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, said efforts and campaigns to secure greater space for women engagement in politics appeared to have fallen on deaf ears.
Karlsen said: âWomen in Nigeria face so many challenges. Often women have to leave their places of work to go and attend to domestic chores and they are sometimes subjected to all forms of domestic violence.