{"id":741633,"date":"2019-11-10T12:12:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T12:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/10\/fayemis-visa-application-to-us-was-not-denied-%e2%81%a0-ngf\/"},"modified":"2019-11-10T12:12:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T12:12:03","slug":"fayemis-visa-application-to-us-was-not-denied-%e2%81%a0-ngf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/10\/fayemis-visa-application-to-us-was-not-denied-%e2%81%a0-ngf\/","title":{"rendered":"Fayemi’s Visa Application To US Was Not Denied \u2060\u2014 NGF"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum has dismissed claims that its Chairman, the Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, was denied U.S. entry visa.<\/p>\n

This was made known in a statement issued by its Head of Media and Public Affairs, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, on Saturday night in Abuja.<\/p>\n

Bello-Barkindo said Fayemi retrieved his passport when the American Embassy indicated that the visa may not be ready by Friday, because he had a crucial engagement on Monday in South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NGF wishes to correct the mischievous report of 247Ureport on the United States\u2019 visa application of its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi.<\/p>\n

\u201cFayemi, like every other Nigerian citizen intending to visit the U.S., applied for a visa, attended his interview and was requested to pay the statutory visa acceptance fee by the U.S. Consulate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Governor\u2019s visa application was not denied.<\/p>\n

Read Also: Why Ekiti Is One Of Nigeria\u2019s Most Difficult States To Rule: Fayemi<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone conversant with U.S. Visa application procedure knows that applicants are now routinely taken through administrative processing before visas are issued.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the American Embassy indicated that the visa may not be ready by Friday, Nov. 8, Fayemi retrieved his passport because of a crucial speaking engagement at the AfDB Africa Investment Forum in South Africa on Monday, Nov. 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is imperative to mention here that the NGF Chairman, Fayemi, only just returned from the U.S. where he attended the United Nation\u2019s General Assembly where the NGF organised a high-level side meeting on the 27th of September 2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing Fayemi, it is virtually impossible to associate him with the uncouth behaviour that 247Ureports dramatised.\u201d<\/p>\n

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