Nigeria Govt. Places 100 COVID-19 Violators On Six Months Travel Ban

The Federal Gov­ernment has sited 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.

Boss Mustapha, Chairman of the PTF on COVID-19,

revealed 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 January 1, would last till June 30, 2021

According to the notice, the defaulting passengers had been informed about the development and will be prevented from trav­eling out of the country during this period.

The passport numbers of the affected persons were also displayed on the no­tice.