Nigeria has strongly condemned the continuous stigmatisation of its citizens over the already conquered Ebola Virus Disease.
The Federal Government has issued a strong objection to the stigmatisation of Nigerians over the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) which has continued even after Nigeria has been certified Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation(WHO).
Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, said the federal Government will not tolerate any further discrimination against its citizens.
"I will like to make it categorically clear that the continued discrimination and profiling of Nigeria is not acceptable to the government and people of Nigeria," Wali said.
This is coming even as several Nigerian students are being discriminated against in several parts of the world.
Only recently, a Nigerian born student Ikeoluwa Opeyemi, was banned from attending classes in a school in Connecticut, US, because she travelled to Nigeria with her father in October.
Student Pulse gathered that it took a lawsuit by her father to get the school to rescind its decision.
Wali identified twenty-two countries which have continued to discriminate against Nigerians.
They include Bahrain, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Cuba, Gabon, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Zambia, Mauritania, Sao Tome & Principe, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Namibia, Seychelles, and South Sudan.
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