Nigerian Government has placed travelling restrictions on 100 passengers for non-compliance with mandatory protocol on tests upon arrival as outlined by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.
Chairman of the PTF on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this in a notice to the affected passengers on Saturday.
The notice explained that the 100 defaulters would be restricted for six months, for failure to comply with the mandatory Day seven Post Arrival COVID-19 Polymerise Chain Reaction (PCR) test, and that the six months restrictions, which took effect from Jan. 1, would last till June 30, 2021.
The notice said that defaulting passengers had been informed about the development and will be prevented from traveling out of the country during this period.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the passport numbers of the affected persons were displayed on the notice.
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