Some Nigerians are stranded in China, and that is unacceptable! But without prejudging the circumstances and what the Nigerian Embassy and Diplomats could have done to eliminate, mitigate or ameliorate the conditions as reported, it must be stated here and now that no Nigerian deserves to feel alone, neglected or abandoned, wherever such Nigerian may reside!
Some of these Nigerians allegedly committed some visa or immigrations infractions in China, and as a result, these Nigerians are said to have been detained for extended periods of time, without trial or contact with the outside world, as they are denied visits and legal defense. The stranded Nigerians assert that the Nigerian Embassy and diplomats have not intervened on their behalf and that, surely, is not a good thing!
It is in actuality irrelevant whether such Nigerians are model citizens or not. A Nigerian is entitled to due process and the benefits of the rule of law, regardless of whether such Nigerian is in Nigeria, America, Europe or China in Asia;
Formal American president did not say because Iran detain two of it citizens in prison ...that they should allowed them to die there ...but at least he take it as a diplomatic issue and went for a rescue mission in order to secure there release.
We have leaders in our country but they are not ready to pay the noble price like our nationalist leaders that stood by us in other to achieve our independent in the early 60's.
Shall we fold our hands and let our patrotic citizens perish like those of us that were taking away for slavery?
we are aware that china is presently being awarded contracts that runs into billions of dollars in nigeria ,like the telecomunication,oil and satellite contracts.
there are thousands of chinese living and doing business in nigeria .
they are not facing discrimination.the number of chinese in nigeria surpass the number of nigerians in china by ratio 10 to 1. if they are gaining much in nigeria why can!1t our government demand them to respect us in their country and extend our visas !!
today,all over china,many nigerians are detained and wasting away because of expired visas and hundreds of others are also living in fear and in the danger of being detained because of the same issue.
china is a very good country and the people are nice.i believe that our visa restriction is something that our country can resolve with them diplomaticaly.
may god bless you as you try your best to do your job !!!
Now is the time for our leaders to act on in order to save there soul or let me put it this wat opretion save our souls(SOS) mission |