Nigerians banned from applying for american visa lottery

The american visa lottery has helped many Africans, most notably Nigerians to get the much coveted American Visa, the application for 2015 Visa lottery was expected to commence on the 1st of October 2013, however this would no longer be happening because Nigeria and 17 other countries have been banned from applying for the american visa lottery.

The US defended their stance by saying that the reason for Nigeria's exclusion from the American visa lottery application is because in the last five years 50,000 Nigerians have benefited from the lottery scheme.

Nigeria however happens to be the only African country banned from the scheme along with Bangladesh, China, Canada, Brazil, Columbia, Equador, El salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Pakistan, Peru, Phillipines, South korea, Dominican republic, UK and Vietnam.

Nigerians can be found in nearly every country of the world seeking for greener pastures, have you ever stopped to think about it ?
Why do millions of Nigerians dream of leaving the country ? Some even go to the extent of hiding in an airplanes tire compartment just because they want to leave this country.
One thing I know for sure is, If Nigeria were better, no one would want to leave, ask the Citizens of the UAE....

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