The prominent Nigerian diplomat said Africa’s biggest economy should seize emerging opportunities to facilitate a new world order.
WHO’s recommendation to revisit the response measures comes amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
Saudi Arabia had placed travel restrictions on Nigerians intending to visit the country since the outbreak of the Omicron variant.
In Africa, for example, more than 85 per cent of people are yet to receive a single dose of vaccine.
The new rules mandates travellers to pre-book a COVID-19 test, which will be done on arrival.
The global health body said it was too early to say whether an Omicron-specific vaccine was needed to tackle the virus.
The agency says Nigeria has now identified a further 39 cases of the omicron variant, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 45.
This is according to a study performed independently by investigators at the University of Oxford.
The Omicron variant has been reported in 89 countries and the number of cases is doubling in 1
The federal government says it hopes the British government will immediately rescind the decision to put Nigeria on its red list.
