President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has likened the travel ban on some African countries over Omicron, to apartheid.
He has described the new COVID-19 measures, which has imposed travel ban on some African countries, as “very unfair, non-scientific and discriminatory
The Former Nigerian Minister for Agriculture took to his verified accounts to raise queries over attempts by developed countries to tighten travel measures for African countries.
“Global vaccines and travel apartheid against Africa are endangering lives, hurting economies, lives, jobs and livelihoods from a pandemic Africa did not cause,’’ he stated.
‘’Now that omicron has been found in many non-African and developed countries, why are travels from those countries not banned?’’, he queried.
Reports have it that, many developed countries have been shutting their doors against African countries with no records of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.
Some African countries have called these measures to question, arguing that South Africa’s openness in making sharing news of the new variant has led to this punitive measure against Africa.