The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said that its policy requiring married women to present written approvals from their husbands as part of visa clearance procedure had been scrapped.
The agency stated this in response to widespread debate over the contentious policy on social media on Wednesday.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Thursday that the inclusion of such requirements followed some ugly developments in some countries.
“The entire procedure for visa clearance issued by the NDLEA as required by some countries is currently [sic] undergoing review and the requirement for a married woman to present a letter of approval from her husband to travel is one of the items that the Agency has since jettisoned as a non-mandatory item on the list.
“The inclusion of that item ab initio arose following some ugly developments in some source countries.
“Members of the public are assured that the item has been deleted from the list of requirements in the ongoing review exercise, which will be made public in the coming days,” the statement said.
