{"id":766740,"date":"2019-12-17T13:29:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T13:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/17\/free-visa-entry-policy-senate-summons-aregbesola\/"},"modified":"2019-12-17T13:29:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T13:29:47","slug":"free-visa-entry-policy-senate-summons-aregbesola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/17\/free-visa-entry-policy-senate-summons-aregbesola\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Visa Entry Policy: Senate Summons Aregbesola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_690614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-690614\" style=\"width: 653px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-690614\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Senate-president-Ahmad-Lawan.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad Lawan\" width=\"653\" height=\"365\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-690614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate President Ahmad Lawan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Upper Legislative chamber on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola to explain the reason for the free visa entry policy which was recently introduced.<\/p>\n<p>Aregbesola will appear before its committees on Interior, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters \u2014 alongside the Comptroller \u2013 General of Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIC) Mohammad Babandede, who was also summoned.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a motion moved to by Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi, All Progressives Congress, APC, Ekiti North.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Senate Will Approve Buhari\u2019s Multi-billion Dollar Loan Rejected Under Saraki: Lawan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker, in the motion raised through orders 42 and 52 of the Senate Standing Rules, drew the attention of the Senate to the policy, which according to him, was in furtherance of Africa Free Trade Agreement signed in July this year by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Just like other treaties before it, the agreement was not forwarded to the National Assembly for domestication through required bills to that effect from the executive.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Senate, therefore, summoned the Minister of Interior and the Immigration for explanation.<\/p>\n<p>More to follow\u2026<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President Ahmad Lawan The Upper Legislative chamber on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola to explain the reason for the free visa entry policy which was recently introduced. 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