Nigeria has ‘enough problems’ and can’t take deportees from US, minister says

NIGERIA: Nigeria’s foreign minister says the country will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees from the US, following visa curbs and threats of tariff hikes.

Yusuf Tuggar told privately-owned Channels TV that Nigeria had “enough problems” of its own and would not host foreign prisoners from the US.

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“We already have over 230 million people,” the minister said.

“You will be the same person that will castigate us if we acquiesce to accepting Venezuelan prisoners into Nigeria,” he added.