The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, over the policy of the Federal Government that Africans could come into Nigeria without visa.
The resolution was sequel to a motion sponsored by Senator Adewunmi Adetunbi (APC-Ekiti North) during plenary.
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The Federal Government on December 12 approved that all Africans could come into Nigeria without visa from January 2020.
Aregbesola is to appear with the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede, before the Senate Committees on Interior Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters.
They are to inform the upper chamber on the technical, logistics, legal and constitutional issues that were available and required for compliance before the implementation of the said visa on arrival policy.
Moving the motion, Adetunbi said that the policy was in furtherance of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement that was signed by Nigeria in July.
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Adetunbi raised concerns that the national security of Nigeria in the context of the current insurgency could be jeopardised.
Similarly, Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe, who said that a lot of Nigerians were really worried with the proposed policy, noted that the reason for the worry was because of the spate of insecurity in the country.
