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Breaking news from #Nigeria: Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 says it’ll this weekend publish a list of 100 Nigerian Passport Nos that will be suspended for a minimum of 6 months for flouting obligation to test within 7 days of arrival in Nigeria from overseas travel.
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PTF says the 100 affected persons (this is only Phase 1, more coming) have been contacted and have confirmed that they failed to do the post-arrival test. Only passport numbers will be published, PTF says, not names. Nigerian Passports will be suspended for 6 months (minimum).
PTF says Nigeria not banning flights from UK and SA, at least for now. Instead there will now be very stringent monitoring of inbound direct flights from the two countries. Any Nigerian who fails to do Day-7 test will have passport suspended, foreigners will have visas revoked.
PTF says penalties will also apply to persons caught presenting fake negative PCR Tests for travel. Apparently it’s a thing - Nigerians cooking up fake negative results and uploading them to the Travel Portal and/or presenting them to airlines.
IMPORTANT CORRECTION: The post-arrival Test is expected to be done on Day 7 after arrival in Nigeria (i.e at the end of the mandatory 7-day self-isolation/quarantine), not “within 7 days of arrival.”
If you’re coming to Nigeria from abroad - especially from UK & SA - ensure you visit the Travel Portal https://nitp.ncdc.gov.ng & upload a GENUINE negative test result before travel. And you must pre-pay for your post-arrival test online, & MUST do the Test on Day 7 post-arrival.
Sept 2020: “The Federal Government has vowed to descend heavily on travellers that fail to conduct the mandatory COVID-19 PCR test. While Nigerians will get six-month passport suspension, foreigners face outright visa cancellation, it said.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/fg-threatens-passport-suspension-visa-cancellation-for-travellers/amp/
