The
United States Consul-General, Mr. Jeffery Hawkins, yesterday gave reasons Nigeria
was excluded from the 2015 Diversity-Visa-Programme registration.
Hawkins told
journalists at the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, that Nigeria was among
other countries that had in the last five years, sent more than 50,000
immigrants to the country through the programme.
“As at today, Nigerians have graduated from being under-represented to
being a fully well represented group in the U.S.
“There is therefore no longer any need to encourage
Nigerians to apply to travel to the U.S. through the Diversity-Visa-Programme.
“Already there are too many Nigerians in the U.S. that have benefited from this
programme,’’ he said.































