The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on Monday, accused Western countries of unfairness and discrimination.
This was in the wake of the travel ban on some African countries in the wake of the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant
According to the former Minister of Agriculture, the travel bans are “very unfair, non-scientific and discriminatory”.
Adesina, who said this through his verified Twitter handle @akin_adesina, urged the western countries to lift the travel ban on the African countries.
He also queried why the travel ban was not placed on non-African countries where Omicron had also been found.
He tweeted: “Now that omicron has been found in many non-African and developed countries, why are travels from those countries not banned? Why single out African countries? Singling out African countries is very unfair, non-scientific and discriminatory. Lift bans on African countries!”
